On 16 May, the Nabucco Consortium said it submitted a proposal to Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II Consortium for the construction of a reconfigured Nabucco pipeline called Nabucco West
On 14 May, Germany RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) confirmed it has signed a gas sale and purchase agreement with Ukrainian national joint stock company Naftogaz.
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was on a two-day visit to Azerbaijan, while Günther Oettinger participated in a conference on energy dialogue with Russia.