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Work underway on permitting procedures for TurkStream

Oil&Gas Materials 5 April 2017 17:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, April 5

By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:

The schedule of construction of the TurkStream pipeline is in line with original plans, a source in TurkStream told Trend April 5.

“We plan to start offshore construction in the second half of 2017, with the aim to start gas deliveries by the end of 2019,” said the source.

Currently work is underway on the permitting procedures for the final section of the pipeline in the Turkish territorial waters and the landfall on Turkish territory, including the Environmental Impact Assessment to ensure the pipeline is safely built, with respect for environment and nearby communities, added the source.

The preparation activities at the Russian landfall are already underway since 2014 and the site has been prepared for the installation of pipe and facilities, the said the source.

Russia and Turkey signed an intergovernmental agreement October 10 on the implementation of the Turkish Stream project.

The agreement 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 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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