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TurkStream gas flow
suspended for maintenance
TURKEY THE natural gas flow through both offshore lines Turkey’s domestic customers, while the sec-
of the TurkStream pipeline will be temporarily ond line carries gas further afield in Europe via
halted from June 22 until June 29 for annual Bulgaria. Shortly after the South Stream project
maintenance and routine diagnostics, project was scuppered by persistent opposition from
company TurkStream has announced. Brussels, the original memorandum of under-
The works will be carried out by South Stream standing (MoU) was signed in December 2014
Transport, the operator of the offshore pipeline between Gazprom and Turkish state pipeline
system. operator BOTAS to execute the project.
TurkStream consists of two 930-km-long It was initially conceived comprising four
offshore lines stretching from Russia to Turkey strings each carrying 15.75 bcm per year orig-
across the Black Sea, and two separate onshore inating at Russkaya in western Russia and first
lines with lengths of 142 km and 70 km. following the route of the predecessor project
Each pipeline has an annual capacity of before diverting to Kiyikoy on Turkey’s Black Sea
15.75bn cubic metres (bcm). coast and running inland to Luleburgaz and on
The first line is designated for supplies to to Ipsala on the Greek border.
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