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Tenders Invited for Soviet-Turkish Natural Gas Pipeline 

The state-owned Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Company (Botas) has invited bids from selected domestic and foreign companies for a turnkey construction contract of an 840-km pipeline to bring Soviet natural gas from the Bulgarian border to Ankara. An agreement between the two countries was signed on 14 February which entails Turkey's purchasing at the initial stage 750mn cu. ms. annually of gas to be gradually increased...