The Greek patient - Update

This is, of course, an ongoing story. Some of what we've seen over the past few posts is easily confirmed, other information will have to wait for further revelations. I would be remiss, however, if I didn't at least provide a few links to get you started, should you be interested in following up on developments.

The South Stream pipeline is taking shape. More information can be found

• on Wikipedia;
• on the pipeline's own webpage and
• on Gazprom's webpage.

The Nabucco pipeline is not faring so well. It appears that the project as a whole has been abandoned, but the Western portion is allegedly still an option. This is, to my mind, an interesting development. More information can be found

• on Wikipedia;
• on the World Socialist Web Site and
• at Natural Gas Europe.

Finally, there is the issue of Greece's gas reserves and its development. Offical statistics have little to say, but that would be expected in light of Müller's presentation, but there are other sources that do shed some light on the subject and provide some interesting additional perspectives:

• the Proven gas reserves page on Wikipedia;
• Wikipedia's List of natural gas fields;
• at Natural Gas Europe;
• by Reuters regarding US-Greece gas relations;
• by Reuters regarding Greek oil itself, and
• at the Online Wall Street Journal.

Of course, recent developments with Syria, to which I'll turn next time, also have an impact on this issue.