Turkish Stream : Ankara green-lights technical studies

Vilified by Europeans, the gas pipeline that will connect Russia to Turkey is described as « credible » by IEA’s chief
24 juin 2015 à 17h36
Énergie
par Marie-martine Buckens

Its detractors – starting with Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic – say it is economically non-viable and "absurd". But the Turkish Stream project seems to be advancing, judging from Ankara's 22 June decision to launch the first technical studies for the offshore section of the pipeline. The studies will be conducted in Turkey's Exclusive Economic Zone and territorial waters with a view to the installation of the first of four pipes planned for the delivery of Russian gas via the Black…

Background

In December 2014, Russia's Gazprom and Turkey's Botas signed a memorandum of understanding on construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline. Its annual capacity is expected to amount to 63 billion cubic metres, the same volume planned for the defunct South Stream project that would have delivered Russian gas to the EU's South-Eastern countries, also through the Black Sea. The pipeline will duplicate the corridor initially foreseen for South Stream over 660 km and cover another 250 km via a new corridor towards the European part of Turkey. The first pipe, with capacity of 15.75 billion cubic metres, is expected to meet fast expanding Turkish needs only.

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