The competition between the South Stream and Nabucco pipeline projects, both designed to pump natural gas into Europe, escalated sharply as new deals, both announced in a single week in May, gave each a boost.
Nadmetanje projekata plinovoda Južni tok i Nabucco, osmišljenih za transport prirodnog plina u Europu, naglo je eskaliralo objavom dvaju novih ugovora unutar istog tjedna u svibnju, koji su pružili poticaj i jednom i drugom projektu.