OMV Chief Says Nabucco Requires More Partners

The CEO of OMV says that the Nabucco natural gas pipeline consortium will add more partners.

In an article published in Austrian daily Wirtschaftsblatt, Gerhard Roiss did not provides specific of potential partners, saying that he didn't know if rumoured potential partner, Bayerngas GmbH, would be joining the consortium or not.

Roiss as called for comprehensive education on shale gas development, saying that the public has the right to be properly informed and that industry must be transparent and put all the issues on the table.

The head of the Austrian gas company said that it was important to view the consequences of shale gas development in terms of global competitiveness, pointing to how it has benefited the energy-intensive petrochemical industry in the United States..