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ANKARA, April 27 (Reuters) - Selahattin Hakman, president of Sabanci Holding's energy joint venture with Austria's Verbund: * Says the unit has sought terms on the government's sale of two power distributors, including one in Istanbul. * Says it is assessing the power stations that the state plans to sell.

Nabucco Pipeline deal to be signed July 13 08. July 2009. | 15:26Source: EMportalTurkish officials confirmed Friday that a key intergovernmental agreement on the European Union’s Nabucco gas pipeline will be signed July 13 in Ankara. Turkish officials confirmed Friday that a key intergovernmental agreement on the European Union’s Nabucco gas pipeline will be signed July 13 in Ankara.The 3,300-kilometer Nabucco pipeline is due to bring gas from the Caspian Sea to Austria via T

Europe nears gas pipeline accord European governments are due to sign an agreement on the Nabucco gas pipeline on 13 July, the European Commission has announced.The Nabucco pipeline will bring Central Asian gas to western Europe via Turkey and the Balkans, bypassing Russia. Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria – the pipeline’s five transit countries – will sign the accord. The pipeline – which will compete with new rival Russian pipelines – should be operational by 2014. Germany is als