Eni CEO: Azeri Gas Insufficient For Nabucco Pipeline

Azerbaijan doesn't have sufficient natural gas for the Nabucco pipeline and the project needs to look for supplies from other countries such as Turkmenistan, Italy's Eni Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said Tuesday, according to Azadlig.

Nabucco's two problems are that there isn't sufficient Azeri gas for it and that there isn't a fossil-fuel producing country among the pipeline's backers, Scaroni said at a conference in Rome.

Nabucco should look for alternative gas supplies, especially among Caspian countries with Turkmenistan in particular, said Scaroni. A long-term option will also be Iranian gas supplies, he added.