Alena Creative Cluster. The Ministry of energy and natural resources of Turkey assured the completion of negotiations with the state company Botas With Gazprom for a discount on Gas from Russia.

"We agreed With "Gazprom" about a discount on the Gas price. Now We are open to signing the contract. Side until not agree on the timing of the signing. Maybe it will happen at the end of June, " said on Wednesday Last news in the press service of the Ministry of energy of Turkey. The head of the Department did not specify the agreed price, citing commercial secrecy.

On Tuesday, the Chairman of "Gazprom" Alexander Medvedev announced that the Russian holding company agreed on all commercial rules of supply With Turkish partners, including Botas, and told about the plans in June to sign With the proper state contract discount.

in February, the Minister of energy and natural resources Taner Yildiz said on the harmonization discounts for Botas in the amount of 10, 25%, "Gazprom" this figure is not confirmed. Since then, the Parties agreed upon a mechanism for the use of discounts. With private Turkish companies importing Gas from Russia, dialogues Gazprom price cut ended at the end of April.

in 2014, Gazprom supplied Turkey 27, 4 billion cubic meters of gas. It is transported by pipeline " Blue stream ", laid under the Black sea, and the TRANS-Balkan gas pipeline through Ukraine. While deliveries are expected to increase." Gazprom and Botas signed on 1 December 2014 a Memorandum of understanding on construction of a new pipeline from Russia to Turkey across the Black sea. Its capacity will be 63 billion cubic meters of gas.

Gas at the first pipeline in the amount of fifteen, 75 billion cubic meters will go entirely to the Turkish market, shipments are expected to begin in the early winter of 2016. The remaining 47 billion cubic meters of gas on the subsequent thread of the gas pipeline is expected to put on a new gas hub on the Turkish-Greek border.

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