LNG

Sept 15 (LNGJ) - Turkey said it would construct a physical hub in the country’s western region of Thrace to connect all existing gas pipelines. “Turkey can also receive LNG from different countries like the US, Algeria and Qatar,” said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar in describing the plan

   “We also take pipeline gas from Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia,” said the minister. “What we are trying to do in Thrace is build a physical hub that will connect to all respective pipelines and to our underground gas storage at Silivri as well as to LNG import terminals,” Bayraktar added.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech that Turkey, an LNG importer, was continuing to prepare for the creation of a natural gas hub for Russian pipeline gas on its territory and a road map was being drawn up and aimed at supplying the European Union.