Russia launched the gas flow from Bulgaria to Turkey

European authorities, their actions have forced Russia to abandon the South stream, will miss the profits as payment for transit and Turkey implements long-held plans to become a transit country for gas to Europe, said Deputy Director General of the national energy security Fund Alexey Grivas.

the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin in the negotiation process in Turkey in the first day of the week said that the Russian Federation in the present circumstances cannot continue implementation of South stream, as well as among them due to the unconstructive position of the European Union. At the same time to meet the needs of Turkey, our country will build a new pipeline system. Later the head of " Gazprom " Alexey Miller said that the project " South stream is closed.

However, Miller said that Gazprom and the company BOTAS signed a Memorandum of understanding on the construction of the offshore pipeline through the Black sea to Turkey, volume 63 billion cubic meters of gas per year, 14 billion cubic meters of gas intended for delivery to Turkey. The remaining amount Is about 50 billion cubic meters of gas will be delivered to the border of Turkey and Greece. The total capacity of the new pipeline similar To the " South stream ".


" It's the same " South stream ", which only will not come to Bulgaria, and Turkey. You can call It an extension of the " Blue stream " or a new project - as you like. These capacity (built on the area of the Russian Federation as amended) will be applied, " said Grivas Last news .

" (The decision to cancel the project " South stream " - as amended) will not affect the European consumers. Most countries, which were invited to participate in this project because they will be deprived of transit and that all transit history will go to Turkey. Even Before he was conceived of the " South stream " such development plans " Blue stream " and supply of gas through Turkey was discussed in the beginning of 2000-ies. Currently It looks like a forced measure, because it would be preferable to come to the European market and to remove the Ukrainian transit risk directly, " said Grivas.

According to the expert, Turkey has long dreamed of such a project." they have a long recorded in their energy strategy, and they consistently tried to do It, though, as we know, Iran has been isolated for a long time. Iranian gas could not, at the present time this project is implemented by Azerbaijani gas, which is still rich, powerful gas stream can't keep up, " he said.

the story is about 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year." The advent of gas from Russia, of course, significantly changes the situation, " said Grivas.

according to him, the loss of " Gazprom " from such decisions will be small. To date the work was carried out on the area of the Russian Federation and was the expansion of the existing transmission system, the so-called " southern corridor ". Increasing the capacity of gas pipelines, in addition to goals to supply gas for " South stream " to consider Another increase in gas supply in the southern regions of the country, who felt his shortage during periods of peak demand in winter.


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