TurkStream | |
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![]() Map of TurkStream | |
Location | |
Country | Russia Turkey |
From | Russkaya compressor station near Anapa, Krasnodar Krai, Russia |
Passes through | Black Sea |
To | Kıyıköy, Turkey |
General information | |
Type | natural gas |
Operator | Gazprom (Russian onshore section, offshore section) BOTAŞ (Turkish onshore section) |
Installer of pipes | Allseas |
Pipe layer | Audacia Pioneering Spirit |
Construction started | May 2017 |
Commissioned | 8 January 2020 |
Technical information | |
Length | 930 km (580 mi) |
Maximum discharge | 31.5×10 9 m3/a (1.11×10 12 cu ft/a) |
TurkStream (Turkish: TürkAkım or Türk Akımı, Russian: Турецкий поток; former name: Turkish Stream) is a natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Turkey. It starts from Russkaya compressor station near Anapa in Russia's Krasnodar Region, crossing the Black Sea to the receiving terminal at Kıyıköy. Some gas flows onwards to the European Union.