Andalou: Bulgaria proposes gas storage facility for Turkish Stream

Bulgaria wants to build a storage facility for the natural gas from the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project, said Alexander Novak, Russian energy minister.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the cancellation of the South Stream gas pipeline project on Dec. 1, 2014. Instead, he proposed a new natural gas pipeline route through Turkey's northwestern Thrace region to reach Greece. This route is commonly referred to as the Turkish Stream.

"Bulgaria has renewed desire to build a natural gas storage facility," Novak said Friday, adding that the facility it would be located on Bulgarian soil and not on the border between Turkey and Bulgaria.

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