TurkStream to deliver first gas to Turkey in 2019
Poised to carry 15.75 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas to Turkey annually, the TurkStream pipeline will be operational in 2019, while negotiations on the route for a second line that will carry gas to Europe are in progress, authorities said at a public session.
The session was attended by TurkStream spokesman Sander Van Rootselaar, TurkStream offshore section project manager Jay Chaudhuri, permits manager Matteo Veronesi, communication manager Aslı Esen and ELD Group Environment Director Arzu Firidin, who is in charge of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report.
The offshore section of the project is being built by South Stream, a subsidiary of Gazprom. The 1,880-kilometer (940 kilometers each) double pipeline will originate from Russia's Anapa coast and reach Turkey's Kıyıköy, the officials confirmed.
Two offshore lines and a reception terminal in Kıyıköy will be constructed under the care of the South Stream company. After landfall in Kıyıköy, the overland section of the pipeline from Kıyıköy to Lüleburgaz will be constructed by the Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ).
The section that will extend to Europe after Turkey will be built by a joint venture between BOTAŞ and Gazprom.
