Gazprom’s TurkStream natural gas pipeline has started deliveries to Turkey. TurkStream runs across the Black Sea, supplying gas from Russia. Its two strings have a combined throughput of 31.5 billion cu m/year. The first string will deliver gas to Turkey, while the second string is intended for gas transit to Bulgaria, Serbia, and Hungary.
Pipelay of the 32-in. OD line at water depths as much as 2,200 m took 15 months and was completed ahead of schedule in November 2018. Construction of the receiving terminal near Kiyikoy, Turkey, was finished in 2019.
Gas enters TurkStream at the Russkaya compressor station, near Anapa, Russia. The 224 Mw station maintains the pressure required for the 930-km transit to Turkey.
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