Turkey Seeks to Boost Russian Natural Gas Supplies, Novak Says
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Turkey asked Russia to increase natural gas supplies by 3 billion cubic meters a year, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.
OAO Gazprom, Russia’s natural-gas export monopoly, agreed to consider expanding the Blue Stream pipeline running under the Black Sea, he told reporters today in Istanbul. It may also use South Stream, a planned offshore pipeline from Russia to Bulgaria, he said. Bulgaria is already used as a transit country for Russian gas supplies to Turkey via the so-called western route, he said.