The gas markets in Central and South-Eastern Europe would benefit more from upgrading and linking up existing national gas transport systems than from dreaming about new mega projects, such as Russia's ill-fated South Stream pipeline would have been, speakers at a Danube Region energy conference have said.
“We are in the crystal ball season again, everybody is looking at the maps and draws in big pipelines. I think it is all driven by a big Russian bluff” of redirecting Europe-bound…