Turkish Stream Opens With Official Ceremony, Bulgaria Transit Gas To Greece, Macedonia

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Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the Presidents of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Erdogan attended the ceremony

 

 

Turkish Stream 'was inaugurated at a formal ceremony.

The ceremony is held at the Halic Convention Center on the Istanbul Golden Horn. It actually puts into operation the gas pipeline.

The opening took place in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Erdogan, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Serbian President Alexander Vucic.

The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament and former Speakers were also invited to the scene.

Bulgaria receives Russian gas through Turkish Stream as of January 1, and Bulgaria transfers gas from the new gas pipeline to Greece and Macedonia through the new Strandzha-2 compressor station on January 5, notes the official Russian TASS agency.

Negotiations between Bulgartransgaz and Gazprom for gas transit exports have been completed in the last days of 2019. Bulgaria will receive 2.9 billion cubic meters of gas annually from its new gas supply point, Strandzha-2. the agency.

Now a pipeline is to be built for Serbia and then for Hungary and Italy.

Prior to the inauguration, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said the project would be implemented in three sections.

"The pipeline's productivity is 31 billion cubic meters. It starts in Western Siberia and reaches Turkey. It is now at full capacity," Miller said.

According to him, this will provide natural gas for Turkish Stream.

Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez also welcomed the opening of the Turkish Stream.

As part of the ceremony, a direct contact was made with Gazprom's workforce at the Anapa station in Russia, as well as with Turkey's Kayakyo station.

The Turkish Stream project links the Russian Federation directly with Turkey's gas transmission network.

The length of the Turkish Stream offshore stretch is 930 km across the Black Sea, from Anapa in Russia to Kayakoy in Turkey.

The maximum depth of the pipes is up to 2 200 m in the waters of the Black Sea. The offshore section of this project is the largest system laid at such a depth of 2,200 m. The capacity of the two pipes that will reach the land section is 31.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. From the Kayakyo Reception Terminal in Turkey, one of the two land-based underground pipes is connected to the existing gas transmission system of the Republic of Turkey at Luleburgaz.

The other pipe goes through the territory of the Republic of Turkey to the border with the Republic of Bulgaria. The land stretch on the territory of Turkey from the Kayakoyi terminal to the border with Bulgaria is 142 km long.

The pipeline route passes through the territories of 34 municipalities in the territory of 11 districts. At present, the project is being implemented on the territory of 4 regions of Bulgaria - Pleven, Lovech, Vratsa and Montana.

Turkish Stream gas pipeline officially opened

Prior to the start of the gas pipeline opening ceremony, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Serbian Prime Minister Alexander Vucic. This was reported by the Government Information Service.

The Bulgarian Prime Minister remarked before the Russian head of state

Prime Minister Borisov stressed to Putin the work done on the stretches of gas transmission infrastructure from the Bulgarian-Turkish border to the Bulgarian-Serbian one.

The Bulgarian Prime Minister told the Russian President that companies from Saudi Arabia, Italy and Turkey are working on the route of the gas transmission infrastructure under construction in our country.

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Prime Minister Borisov thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for inviting him to the opening ceremony of the Turkish Stream. Turkey is Bulgaria's immediate neighbor, our NATO ally and an important EU partner in addressing major challenges such as migration pressure on Europe, the fight against terrorism, energy supplies and energy security, infrastructure, agriculture, trade, the economy.