Turkey Plans to Build LNG Terminal with Qatar

Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz said that his country will discuss building an LNG terminal with Qatar on its Aegean coast to help meet rising domestic needs, Reuters reported.

The planned LNG terminal on the Gulf of Saros, an inlet in European Turkey, would have an annual capacity of 5-6 billion cubic metres and could help supply Bulgaria and Greece.

“We think it would be appropriate to build an LNG terminal on the Gulf of Saros to meet the needs of Turkey and the region. Qatar would carry out the feasibility work and evaluate the project,” Yildiz said.

“This would help relieve the (Bosphorus) Straits traffic and Bulgaria and Greece could benefit from the facility as well,” he added.

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LNG World News Staff, January 07, 2013