BERLIN (Sputnik) — Russia’s energy giant Gazprom will deliver at least two billion cubic meters of gas through the Turkish Stream pipeline project, while implementing Ankara’s request for an additional three billion cubic meters of Russian gas, the company's CEO Alexei Miller said Thursday.
The Turkish Stream is a proposed pipeline to transport Russian gas to Turkey beneath the Black Sea. The pipeline is expected to continue to a hub on the Turkish-Greek border, from where it could be extended to Southern Europe.
"Various options are being considered. No final decision has been taken yet. However, at least two of the three billion cubic meters of gas requested will be supplied through the Turkish Stream gas pipeline," Miller told reporters.
On Tuesday, the Gazprom chief said the company was considering plans to construct two branches of the Turkish Stream pipeline, with a total capacity to 32 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
In late November 2014, Russia and Turkey confirmed their intent to increase gas deliveries through the Blue Stream pipeline from 16 billion to 19 billion cubic meters annually.
However, last week, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, said that the capacity of the Blue Stream gas pipeline would be increased only by 1 billion cubic meters.
In 2014, Gazprom exported a total of 27.4 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey.
Construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline was expected to begin in June, but the governments of Russia and Turkey have not signed a formal agreement to allow this to go ahead so far.
