Facts & Figures

• Pipeline starts at the Georgian/Turkish and the Iraqi/Turkish border, and finishes in Baumgarten near Vienna, crossing Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.
• Sections in the partner countries:

• Construction will start end of 2013, first gas will flow end of 2017
• Gas will be supplied from the Caspian Region and Middle-East
• Nabucco’s financing strategy will consist of 30% equity and 70% debt financing  
• There are six Nabucco shareholders: Bulgarian Energy Holding (Bulgaria), Botas (Turkey), FGSZ (Hungary), OMV (Austria), RWE (Germany), Transgaz (Romania)
• Nabucco will require 250,000 pipes and over two million tons of steel, along with several pieces of specialist equipment. This will help boost the European economy
• Nabucco’s construction will directly create thousands of new jobs and many more via the multiplier effect. This will support the European labour market
• Nabucco is the largest European infrastructure project in terms of countries involved. This will support European Integration
• When operating at full capacity, Nabucco will transport 1,550 bcm to Europe over the next 50 years. This means that an economy the size of Germany could be supplied solely with Nabucco gas for over 16 years. Nabucco will make a considerable contribution to the security of supply for Europe