Ankara assessed the timing of preparations for the construction of a gas hub

Preparatory work on the gas hub project in Turkey, through which gas will be supplied to Europe, will take about a year, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez said in an interview with TVnet.

“Our preliminary preparation time is a year, now we are assessing the infrastructure, details,” leads his words to RIA Novosti.

There are both opportunities and terminals for the implementation of this project, Donmez added.

On the start of preparatory work for the construction of a gas hub in Turkey in early December declared President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The fact that Russia and Turkey began to work on the implementation of the project, informed also the head of “Gazprom” Alexey Miller.

The idea of ​​creating a hub for Russian gas supplies expressed October 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin during a speech at the forum “Russian Energy Week» (REN-2022). He noted that the falling volumes of gas transportation to the EU (due to damage to the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines and sanctions against the latter. – Vedomosti) could be transferred from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. In this case, according to Putin, Turkey can become the largest gas hub.

On October 19, Erdogan announced that he had agreed with Putin on the creation of an international gas hub in the country. He announced this during a speech in Parliament. According to the Turkish President, an international gas hub can be created as soon as possible. The gas distribution center within the framework of the hub project will be located in Thrace, in the north-west of the republic.