Libyan gas potential excites European buyers

The lifting of sanctions still hangs in the balance after Muammar Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, rejected a proposal to allow the two Lockerbie suspects to stand trial in the Netherlands under Scottish law. But even before sanctions are lifted, European companies are working on major projects including a scheme to link Libya with the Italian gas pipeline network through a subsea pipeline from Sebrata, near Tripoli, to Sicily.