| From AP: The EU's top energy official will travel to Turkey and Azerbaijan Wednesday to show Europe's commitment to a pipeline that would transport natural gas from the Caucasus westward in 2013, keeping it out of Russia's grasp.
EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs will make a push for the Nabucco pipeline, whose viability is threatened by energy deals Russia is pursuing in the Caucasus. If these succeed it will be hard for the EU to ease its dependence on Russia, which provides 40 percent of EU gas imports today — a level that is set to rise in the years ahead..... Full Article: Source
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