September 5, 2018, 16:40
The Gazprom Management Committee reviewed the current status of the TurkStream project.
It was noted that the project was going according to schedule. Specifically, the deep-water pipelaying for the offshore part of the gas pipeline’s first string had been completed in the Black Sea along with the construction of the second string in Russia’s exclusive economic zone. On June 26, 2018, the Pioneering Spirit vessel had started to lay the second string in the Turkish exclusive economic zone. As of today, over 1,520 kilometers of the two strings are ready, which translates into about 81 per cent of the overall length of TurkStream’s offshore section.
Particular attention at the meeting was paid to the efforts being taken on the coasts of Russia and Turkey. It was highlighted that the landfall near the Russian town of Anapa had been completed and the continuing start-up and commissioning operations would be finished in 2018 together with landscaping. In addition, a receiving terminal is being constructed in the coastal area near the Turkish settlement of Kiyikoy.
30 December 2017 10:04 (UTC+04:00)
Construction work has been completed at majority of facilities as part of the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion (SCPX) project in Georgia, Trend learned from Georgia’s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.
"SCPX compressor stations’ construction is progressing. The first compressor station (CSG1), as well as pressure reduction station at Georgian-Turkish border (Area 81), the 62-kilometer SCPX pipeline extension, including connection with TANAP at the Turkish border is completed," said the source in the ministry.
The construction of the second compressor station (CSG2) is 90 percent complete, added the source.
"The expansion of South Caucasus pipeline is one of the most important developments in terms of energy security of Georgia and larger region, said the source.
BAKU, 24.2.2017
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak attended the third ministerial meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in Azerbaijan, where he was welcomed by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev.
In addition to cooperation in the energy sector, the meeting addressed the Southern Gas Corridor, consisting of the South Caucasus Pipeline, the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which will transport Azerbaijani natural gas to Europe.
President Aliyev stressed the importance of Turkey's high-level representation in the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in the admission at the Haydar Aliyev Center in Baku.
