Sputnik: Turkey Best Place for Russia in Region to Create Gas Hub

Turkey is the best place in the region to create a gas hub, because it has got the big demand and it has gas coming from all over the world, Jonathan Stern, chairman of the gas program at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies told RIA Novosti.

"Turkey is the place for the hub, because it's got the big demand and it has gas coming from all over the world, it has gas coming from Iran, from Azerbaijan. If're going to create a hub in the region, you do it in Turkey," Stern said Thursday.

He added that the Turkish Stream project is highly realistic, adding that Russia's Gazprom does not need to create four pipelines.

"I think it [Turkish stream project] is highly realistic, but we believe that two lines are all they [Gazprom] need, they don't need four lines. So, we think that two lines, which will go to western Turkey, somewhere close to Istanbul, will allow them to supply the Turkish requirement that comes through the western route and also all of southeast Europe," Stern elaborated.
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