Turkey plans to start pumping natural gas to Greece on July 12 through a new gas pipeline, a senior energy ministry official said yesterday.
Turkey hopes to pump 125 million cubic meters to Greece this year through this pipeline, the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters.
“If a big difficulty does not arise, the first natural gas export from Turkey to Greece will be sent on July 12,” the official said.
Construction of the pipeline is planned to be completed in late June. The $300 million, 285-kilometer (177-mile) Turkey-Greece pipeline, which will be extended to Italy, has an around a 12-billion-cubic meter annual capacity. From 2008 until 2020 Turkey plans to sell 737 million cubic meters annually to Greece.
(Reuters)