The Moscow newspaper refers to a management board member of the Russian Oleg company Aksiutina. “Kommersant” points out that this is the first time that Gazprom will proceed to realize the great export project without agreement from the country to which you want to reach gas. Official does not exclude that as a consequence of monopolist “may remain with niedobudowaną pipe in the middle of the Black Sea.”
Turkish jumped Stream is Gazprom’s new pipeline across the Black Sea to Southern and Central Europe. It is to replace the bus of the South Stream (South Stream), of which lay group waived after blocking construction by the European Commission.
Aksiutin announced that the construction of the Turkish Stream will start in the first decade of June. He explained that Gazprom has a contract with the Italian company Saipem to lay the first pipeline. “Kommersant” points out that the Russian company in autumn 2014 years Saipem has contracted two ships in the pipe-laying on the seabed. They had to work on the marine section of the South Stream, but after the resignation of Gazprom and the construction of the bus stand idle in Varna. The newspaper estimates that it costs a monopolist about 25 million euros per month.
“Kommersant” reported that in early May, after further talks Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Taner Yildiz, Saipem received instruction accession to the project.
Gazprom is allowed to lay two thirds of the marine section of the pipeline that pass through the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation. He received it for South Stream. Permits for laying pipe in the territorial waters of Turkey and removing the Turkish shore monopolist does not have. According to the newspaper, Gazprom hopes that the relevant intergovernmental agreement will be signed after the parliamentary elections in Turkey, to be held on 7 June.
According to “Kommersant”, the Russian concern depends on this to bring gas to Turkey and then on to Southern and Central Europe before the European Union will implement its kontrstrategię, providing for importing gas from Turkmenistan and Iran, or reduce the purchase of gas in Russia through the mechanism of the future energy union.
In December 2014, Gazprom announced that instead of South Stream to Bulgaria will be laid across the Black Sea to Turkey and then to the border with Greece bus of the same power transmission, ie. 63 billion cubic meters. per year. Ultimately, the Turkish Stream will consist of four strands with a capacity of 15.75 bcm after year. 47 billion cubic meters. Gazprom wants to deliver to the proposed gas hub on the border between Turkey and Greece.
Gazprom announced that the first line of the bus will be commissioned in December 2016 year. Gas from this thread will be solely dedicated to the market of Turkey.
The point on which the material for prospective contractors from European Union countries, the so-called. Hub, is to be built on the Turkish-Greek border near the town Epsila. Moscow says that the new project also intends to participate Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria. It maintains that since from 2020 resigns from gas transit through Ukrainian territory.
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