Trend cited Mr Javad Owji MD of National Iranian Gas Company as saying that Iran and Turkey have agreed to transfer natural gas from Turkmenistan to Europe.

Mr Javad Owji said that tantamount to the volume of natural gas which is projected to be exported to Europe via Turkey, Turkmenistan will transit its gas via Iran to Turkey.

Recently, Mr Rostam Qasemi oil minister of Iran held talks with Mr Cevdet Yilmaz development minister of Turkey in Tehran with the main topic of increasing exports of Iranian gas to its neighboring country.

Mr Yilmaz said that an Iranian delegation will travel to Turkey for further negotiations with Mr Taner Yildiz energy minister of Turkey.

Mr Alireza Gharibi MD of Iran's Gas Engineering and Development Company said that the third section of the 6th cross country gas pipeline of Iran which is aimed to export natural gas to Europe via Turkey is around 48% complete.

Once the pipeline comes on stream it will have the capacity to transfer 100 million cubic meters of gas per day. However, the economic feasibility of the Southern Gas Corridor and in particular the construction of 300 kilometers of pipes beneath the waters of the Caspian Sea is said to be cheaper and shorter.

A meeting of senior representatives of energy ministries of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger was held earlier this week in Ashgabat and was another step in the achievement of this goal. The main issue in the talks was the implementation of the Trans Caspian gas pipeline.

Source - Trend

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