Brussels takes on Gazprom in Nigeria

Article reports that the European Union, increasingly anxious to reduce its dependence on Russian gas following the conflict in Georgia, has offered Nigeria financial and political backing for a €15bn trans-Saharan pipeline to pump its gas directly to Europe.

EurActiv, 9.9.08: EU, Africa unveil 'ambitious' energy partnership http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/eu-africa-unveil-ambitious-energy-partnership/article-175193

Wikipedia: NIGAL pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIGAL_pipeline

Website: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation http://www.nnpcgroup.com/

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