The Ministry of energy of Turkey said about taking from Gazprom discounts on gas
The Ministry of energy of Turkey and Gazprom agreed on the amount of discounts supplied in this country Gas from Russia - it will be 10, 25% said on the last working day of the week the Minister of energy and natural resources of Turkey Taner Yildiz.
"We received a discount on Russian time in the amount of 10, 25%," said Yildiz at a press conference in Ankara.
in 2014, Gazprom exported to Turkey 27, 4 billion cubic meters of gas. The gas is transported by pipeline " Blue stream ", laid on the seabed of the Black sea, and the TRANS-Balkan gas pipeline through Ukraine.
Russia had not wanted from the project " South stream ", and among them due to the unconstructive position of the EU. Instead it was decided to build a new pipeline to Turkey and do on a boundary line with Greece's gas hub for customers in Europe.
"Gazprom" on the last working day of the week in the evening issued a press release which confirmed the consensus on the price of gas supplies from Russia to the Turkish Botas. Discount Russian holding company did not elaborate, saying only, because it is a " mutually beneficial arrangement ".
Gazprom and Botas signed December 1, 2014 Memorandum of understanding on construction of a gas pipeline from Russia to Turkey across the Black sea. The capacity of the pipeline will be 63 billion cubic meters, of which about 50 billion cubic meters is expected to put on a new gas hub on the Turkish-Greek border. Gas by the first gas pipeline in the amount of fifteen, 75 billion cubic meters will go to the Turkish market, supply is expected to start early in the winter of 2016.