VOL. XLV

No 23

10-June-2002

TURKEY

Eni Finishes LayingBlue Stream Pipeline, But Turkey Over-SuppliedWith Natural Gas

Amidreports that Turkey is looking to sell its surplus natural gas, Eni announced on 3 June that its Saipem7000 pipe-laying vessel had completed the installation of the Blue Streampipeline, a dual deepwater natural gas pipeline system running across the Black Sea. When complete and operating at full capacity, the BlueStream will be able to deliver 16BCM/year of Russian natural gas...