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Gazprom took a step closer to the completion of the construction of “Turkish stream”

The Russian company signed a contract for the construction of the ground channel.

A subsidiary of the Russian “Gazprom South Stream Transport B. V. signed with the British company Petrofac a contract for the construction of the ground infrastructure of the “Turkish stream”.

The amount of the transaction, which involves the construction of the onshore pipeline and gas receiving terminal in Turkey, amounted to 340 million euros, the press service of Petrofac.

The capacity of the terminal, the introduction of which into operation is scheduled for December 2019, will amount to 31.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Natural gas will be supplied from a compressor station Russian Anapa. Construction start date not reported.

As reported, Gazprom has already built about 50 km of the gas pipeline “Turkish stream” on the bottom of the Black sea. According to the project, the length of each line the motorways of the sea – more than 900 km Construction of the first pipeline to be completed in March 2018 and the second in 2019.

Read also: Gazprom began laying the offshore section of Turkish stream

Experts believe that the implementation of Russian plans to build two branches of the “Turkish stream” will lead to a serious weakening of the energy security of the southern flank of NATO, including Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey.

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