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| Turkish, Greek PM inaugurate construction of key gas pipeline |
| 2005-07-04 |
| IPSALA BORDER CROSSING, Turkey - The Turkish and Greek prime ministers met on Sunday on a bridge across the river that divides their countries to launch a joint construction project to connect rich natural gas fields in the Caspian and Central Asia to energy-hungry markets in Europe. The 300-kilometer (186-mile) pipeline from Bursa in Turkey to Komotini in Greece is expected to be operational in 2006, and will later be extended to Italy as part of an extensive pipeline initiative known as the Southern Europe Gas Ring Project. The Greek-Turkish pipeline is expected to carry 11.5 billion cubic meters (405 billion cubic feet) of gas per year once connections are made to other planned pipelines, and as demand for Caspian gas expands in coming years. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 A happy development. Turkey don't have any Bugtis does it? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-04 07:21 |