Jan 3 (LNGJ) - The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez has held talks with Bulgarian Energy Minister Rossen Hristov on the European Union nation receiving regasified LNG supplies from Turkey.
The talks covered negotiating to reserve a capacity of 1 billion cubic metres per annum from one or more of Turkey’s four LNG import facilities and for the volumes to be transferred by pipeline to the Bulgarian border by the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corp. (BOTAS) network.
Qatargas is set to become the key liquefied natural gas supplier to Turkey after Algeria under a medium-term sales and purchase agreement signed with Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corp. of Turkey, the fourth-largest net importing nation in Europe.
French energy company Engie has inaugurated and commissioned the first floating LNG import facility in Turkey, located close to the port of Izmir, at a ceremony attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials.