Baku, Azerbaijan, May 8
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Around 2,000 hectares of land has been allocated in Turkey's Edirne province for construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, the province's governor told Trend May 8.
Edirne province is considered the output point of the Turkish Stream.
Governor Dursun Ali Sahin said that currently, the governorship is awaiting the order of Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
Russia's Gazprom said May 8 that it has switched to the stage of construction of the offshore section of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline.
Turkish Stream project envisages gas supply from Russia to Turkey through the Black Sea.
Gazprom and Turkey's BOTAS signed a memorandum of understanding on December 1, 2014 on construction of the gas pipeline.
The pumping capacity of the pipeline is expected to reach 63 billion cubic meters of gas.
The gas pipeline with the length of around 1,100 kilometers will consist of four branches and bring up to 47 billion cubic meters of gas to the Turkish-Greek border.
It is expected to create a gas hub on the Turkish-Greek border, while EU countries should independently create gas transport facilities to further receive this gas on their territories.
Edited by CN
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