Media: Balkan countries discuss the extension of the “Turkish Stream” to Austria – REGNUM

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Moscow, August 19, 2015, 05:32 – REGNUM Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary to discuss the possibility of building a gas pipeline from Turkey to Austria. A memorandum foreign ministers of the four countries could sign this autumn, the newspaper “Vedomosti”, with reference to one of the participants of the project.

In the case of successful completion of negotiations pipeline capacity of 27 billion cubic meters and a length of 1,300-1,400 kilometers, received the name of Tesla, could be launched in 2019. The project cost is estimated at 4-5 billion euros.

It is reported that the project has already referred to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) to obtain the status of the project of public interest. The representative of the network confirmed this information. At the moment, the corresponding status in the project yet.

The representative of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that the gas Tesla plan will come not only from the “Turkish Stream”, but also because of the gas pipeline TANAP, and that Tesla will be able to work in reverse mode.

As reported IA REGNUM , after the refusal of Russia from the gas pipeline project “South Stream” because of the ban of the European Commission in December 2014 “Gazprom” and Turkish company Botas signed a memorandum of Understanding for the construction of a new gas pipeline under the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey, and then – to the border with Greece, which can be created by the gas hub for customers in Southern Europe. Power gas pipeline is expected to reach 63 billion cubic meters a year, on the Turkish-Greek border gas pipeline will bring up to 47 billion cubic meters of gas.

In June, during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak , and the minister of industrial reforms, Environment and Energy Greece Panagiotis Lafazanis have signed a memorandum on cooperation in the construction and operation of the pipeline in the continuation of the “Turkish Stream” in Greece.

The possibilities of accession to Project “Turkish stream” today also discussed Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary. Earlier, in April, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak did not rule out that “the Turkish stream” can pass through the territory of Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary to an Austrian gas hub “Baumgarten».

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