Over 170km of TurkStream laid
By Trend
More than 170 kilometers of the TurkStream pipeline has already been laid, said Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak.
He made the remarks during the 86th Izmir International Fair,
RIA Novosti reported.
“The construction of the pipeline’s offshore section started in May
2017,” said Novak, adding that TurkStream is meant to improve
Turkey’s gas supply and diversify gas deliveries to Europe.
TurkStream project envisages construction of two branches of the
main gas pipeline under the Black Sea, the capacity of each branch
being 15.75 billion cubic meters of gas.
One branch is meant to supply gas directly to the Turkish market
and the other for the supply of gas by transit through Turkey to
Europe. The intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Turkey
also stipulates that these two offshore branches should be built by
December 2019.
On Dec.8, 2016, South Stream Transport B.V., 100-percent subsidiary of Gazprom, signed a contract with Swiss Allseas Group on constructing the first line of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline’s offshore segment.
Later in February 2017, the two companies inked an agreement on constructing the second line of the pipeline’s offshore section.
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