Tehran, Iran, Oct. 28
By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend:
Tehran has said it will turn on the flow of natural gas to Turkey by October 31 after an explosion in the Turkish territory halted the supplies on October 27 evening.
Necessary coordination is being carried out with the Turkish Botas company to resume Iran’s exports, Director of Gas Exports Measurement Facilities at Iran-Turkey Border Sadeq Akbarpour told the YJC October 28.
Turkey-Iran gas pipeline was blown up in Agri province of Turkey in what Iranian sources called an act of opposition groups.
Akbarpour underlined that Tehran is ready to supply Turkey with its required gas whenever it voices its readiness.
Iran is Turkey’s second supplier of gas after Russia, providing one-fifth of the country’s consumption. The current volume of natural gas that Iran is piping to its northwestern neighbor is 30 million cubic meters per day.