Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 12

21-Mar-2011

CASPIAN/TURKEY

Russia To Study LNG Alternative To South Stream Offshore Pipeline Section

Russias Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin told the Kommersant newspaper of 16 March that Moscow is now considering alternatives to the construction of the 900km offshore section of the proposed South Stream gas pipeline. South Stream is intended to deliver up to 63 bcm/year of gas to Europe beginning in 2015, bypassing Ukraine. Gazprom and the...