Gazprom reveals details on Turkish Stream

Turkey should be receiving Russian gas via the so-called Turkish Stream pipeline as of December 2016, according to a Gazprom statement released on 27 January. Two thirds (660 km) of the planned pipeline would follow the old South Stream route and only 250 km would divert from that, according the Russian energy company. “Given the level of readiness of the Russkaya compressor station [the starting point of South Stream] and most of the offshore pipeline route, this timeline is absolutely…