Moscow and Ankara agree to build offshore gas pipeline to Turkey

ANKARA, December 1 /TASS/. Moscow and Ankara on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of an offshore gas pipeline to Turkey with the annual capacity of 63 billion cubic meters, Gazprom’s Chief Alexei Miller told journalists. He added that Turkey would receive 14 billion cubic meters of gas from that amount. The rest will be delivered to the Turkish-Greek border, Miller said. “Today, we signed a memorandum of understanding with the BOTAS Corporation for the construction of an offshore gas pipeline that will run via the Black Sea bed in the direction of Turkey. Its annual capacity will be 63 billion cubic meters of gas,” Miller said. He added that 14 billion cubic meters of gas/ from that amount would be delivered to Turkey to meet its economic needs. The rest will go to the Turkish border with Greece. Read more