CNG eyed to move Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan

Eni SPA Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni met in Baku on July 20 with Azerbaijan President Ilham Alieyev to discuss the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) technology to move gas from Turkmenistan.

July 20, 2010

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 20 -- Eni SPA Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni met in Baku on July 20 with Azerbaijan President Ilham Alieyev to discuss the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) technology to move gas from Turkmenistan.

An Eni press statement said CNG would be shipped across the Caspian for delivery to a land pipeline in Azerbaijan.

It said Scaroni has discussed the project in recent months with representatives of the Russian, US, and European Union governments.

In Baku, the Eni executive also discussed participation by his company in upstream projects in Azerbaijan.