Russian energy giant Gazprom is planning to start the construction of the overland section of TurkStream's second pipeline in 2019, Gazprom Management Committee Deputy Chairman Alexander Medvedev has stated, Sputnik reported.
"The construction of the offshore section of the second transit line of the TurkStream gas pipeline is in full swing. Completion of deepwater laying is a matter of several months. Next year, we also plan to begin construction of the land section of the transit line in Turkey. Today, Gazprom is negotiating with the Turkish company Botas. TurkStream is scheduled to be put into operation in December 2019," Medvedev told a corporate magazine.
Earlier, company CEO Alexey Miller stated that Gazprom would complete the construction of the offshore section of the TurkStream gas pipeline in two months.
In September, the company completed the construction of the second leg of the TurkStream gas pipeline in Russia's exclusive economic zone.
