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Alexander Novak: Extension of Turkish Stream will pass through Bulgaria

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The extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline will pass through Bulgaria, not Greece, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak told journalists today at the sitting of the Russia-Turkey Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Antalya. The gas pipeline which has to connect Russia and Turkey via the Black Sea will start functioning on January 1, 2020. The extension which will pass through Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary is expected to start functioning in stages. The first gas deliveries to Bulgaria are expected to be made in 2020. The pipeline will have the capacity to transfer 15.75 billion cubic meters of gas per year.




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