Gas flow via Turkish Stream to be halted for annual maintenance

Ankara, June 22 - Neftegaz.RU. Natural gas flow through both lines of the TurkStream pipeline will be temporarily halted from June 23 until June 29, for annual maintenance and routine diagnostics, the project company, TurkStream, Turkish Daily Sabah reported.

Planned annual maintenance works for this year will take three days at the landfall facilities in Anapa on Russia's Black Sea coast and 6 days at the receiving terminal in Kiyikoy in the northwest of Turkey, according to the company's statement.

During this time frame, equipment maintenance at both sites will be carried out along with the testing of sensors and the emergency protection system. The halt of gas flow was scheduled and agreed upon by all relevant parties in November 2019, the statement said.

TurkStream consists of two 930-km (578-mile) offshore lines stretching from Russia to Turkey across the Black Sea, and two separate onshore lines of lengths of 142 km and 70 km.

The project has a total capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters (bcm). The 1st line with a capacity of 15.75 bcm is designated for supplies to Turkey's domestic customers, and the 2nd line, with another 15.75 bcm capacity, carries Russian gas farther to Europe through Bulgaria.

Commercial supplies via the gas pipeline commenced this year on Jan. 1.

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