The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey approved the
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the offshore section of the
TurkStream gas pipeline project, the Russian company announced Tuesday.
According
to the statement, the assessment consists of information on the
potential environmental and social impacts of the offshore section of
the TurkStream project.
The EIA also includes recommendations for
the mitigation of the potential adverse impacts and enhancement of the
beneficial ones.
ELC Group Inc. prepared and submitted the report
to the EIA on behalf of South Stream Transport B.V., the project owner
of the offshore section of the TurkStream project.
The TurkStream will send Russian gas to Turkey with the first of its two lines.
The second line of the project will carry Russian gas to southern and southeastern Europe.
The total capacity of the dual pipeline system is set to be 31.5 billion cubic meters.
More than 250 kilometers of the first line of the TurkStream has already been constructed.
(Anadolu Agency)