Turkey Approves TurkStream Environ. Impact Assessment

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of Turkey approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the offshore section of the TurkStream gas pipeline project, the Russian company announced Tuesday.

According to the statement, the assessment consists of information on the potential environmental and social impacts of the offshore section of the TurkStream project.

The EIA also includes recommendations for the mitigation of the potential adverse impacts and enhancement of the beneficial ones.

ELC Group Inc. prepared and submitted the report to the EIA on behalf of South Stream Transport B.V., the project owner of the offshore section of the TurkStream project.

The TurkStream will send Russian gas to Turkey with the first of its two lines.

The second line of the project will carry Russian gas to southern and southeastern Europe.

The total capacity of the dual pipeline system is set to be 31.5 billion cubic meters.

More than 250 kilometers of the first line of the TurkStream has already been constructed.

(Anadolu Agency)

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