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NIGC official talks delays in Iran's gas export to Turkey

Oil&Gas Materials 20 April 2020 16:13 (UTC +04:00)
NIGC official talks delays in Iran's gas export to Turkey

TEHRAN, Iran, April.20

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The dispatching director of the National Iranian Gas Company Mahdi Jamshidi Dana announced the start of repairs of the pipelines that are use for the import of Iran's gas to Turkey, Trend reports citing ILNA.

“Turkey has started repairing the gas pipelines on its soil, and has announced that these repairs will take several weeks,” Jamshidi Dana said.

Regarding the reason for the delay in resuming gas exports to Turkey, he said that due to the reduction of Turkey's need for gas in less-cold season and the restrictions caused by the coronavirus, the repair of Iran's gas export pipeline to this country by Turkey has been delayed."

“The exports are still stagnant,” he added.

Turkey's gas imports from Iran were suspended on April 1st due to a pipeline explosion on Turkish soil. The incident took place near the Bazargan border, and Turkey is responsible for repairing the damage.

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