All pipes purchased for South Stream project will be used for Turkish Stream project - Gazprom

MOSCOW, May 19. / TASS / All pipes purchased for the South Stream project will be used for the Turkish Stream project, said member of the Gazprom Board of Directors Oleg Aksyutin on Tuesday at the company press conference. "All pipes that were acquired as part of the South Stream, will be used in the Turkish stream, said Aksyutin, adding that a portion of the pipes has been manufactured and are stored in a special warehouse. As it was previously, reported by TASS, earlier this month, Gazprom instructed to begin the Turkish Stream construction. The contractor has been waiting for this order since December 1, 2014, when Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not carry out the South Stream project and is and embarking on the Turkish stream. In contrast to the "South Stream", which involved a large-scale infrastructure construction in Europe, the project "Turkish Stream" limited construction pipeline under the Black Sea and the timing hub on the border between Turkey and Greece. All other infrastructure of European customers, "Gazprom" will have to build themselves. Earlier, Saipem received a notice from its client South Stream Transport BV lifting the suspension of the natural gas pipeline laying in the Black Sea. "Saipem announces that it has received notice that the client South Stream Transport BV is lifting the suspension of work under the contracts, and that Saipem should commence works on the offshore pipeline in the Black Sea," the company reported. Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian energy company ENI, was awarded with the contract on pipes laying for the offshore segment of the South Stream gas pipeline. The work was suspended at the request of the customer after Russia announced the project shutdown. The larger part of the Turkish Stream pipe will run across the Black Sea and coincide with the South Stream route approved earlier. The Turkish Stream will have an annual capacity of 63 billion cubic meters, of which 47 billion cubic meters will be delivered to a new gas hub on the Turkish-Greek border. Gazprom Russkaya Company will be in charge of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline construction. Read more