ITGI, which aimsto bring Azeri gas to Italy via Turkey and Greece, has just announced adeal to extend a spur north to Bulgaria, ending that country’snear-total reliance on Russian gas.

那个计划将Azeri的天然气经过土耳其和希腊输送到意大利的ITGI管线最近宣布已经敲定一条向北延伸至比利时的支线，以结束该国天然气几乎全部依赖从俄罗斯进口的局面。

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The draft joint statement also called for progress on ITGI, a Turkish-Greek gas pipeline taking gas to Italy, and for an extension of an oil transport system between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan that "could be developed in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region."

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

If SOCAR acquires the Greek company, expect the breaks to be put on any TAP ambitions, particularly as it would be very easy to resurrect the ITGI (Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy) pipeline plans, previously spearheaded by DEPA. Far more importantly, Azerbaijan also knows that for the Nabucco consortium to stand any chance of winning, it needs fresh funding in place, and the strategic involvement of a Shah Deniz II player.

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