Ankara announced the date of the launch of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline
The commissioning of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline is scheduled for January 8 2020 year. This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports Turkish NTV channel.
Speaking at the ceremony of launching the TANAP gas pipeline, through which Azerbaijani gas will be delivered to Turkey and Europe, in the city of Edirne on the border with Greece, Erdogan said that the start of operation of the Turkish Stream is scheduled for January 8.
- he said.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian head of state Dmitry Peskov said that the ceremony of launching the Turkish Stream gas pipeline will be held in early January and will be attended by Turkish and Russian presidents.
- said Peskov.
Earlier it was reported that both lines of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline were filled with gas, for commissioning it remained to complete commissioning at the Turkish reception terminal near the village of Kiyikey, a compressor station in Russian territory, as well as both lines of the gas pipeline, were ready for operation.
The 930 km "Turkish Stream" runs along the bottom of the Black Sea from the territory of Russia to the coast of Turkey. Next, a land transit line will be laid to the Turkish border with neighboring countries with a length of 180 km. The power of each thread is 15,75 billion cubic meters. m of gas per year, one line will supply gas only to Turkey, the second - through a new terminal to Europe. Among the bidders for gas are Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.
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