Trend: President: New opportunities available to supply Turkmen gas to Europe

New opportunities became available to supply crude to Europe with the start of natural gas production on the Turkmen shelf of the Caspian Sea, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov said on Tuesday in an interview with the Turkish media outlets on the eve of his visit to Ankara.

"Possible options for natural gas supply to Europe are being studied. Thus, new opportunities became available with the start of natural gas production on the Turkmen shelf of the Caspian Sea," he said.

Earlier it was reported that Turkmenistan stated its willingness to provide large-scale project Nabucco initiated by the EU with about 40 billion cubic meters of gas annually, 10 billion of which can be provided by Malaysian Petronas operating on the offshore block of Turkmenistan.

The rest of the volume can be provided by 1,000-kilometer long East-West gas pipeline, which is under construction in the country's territory and originates from the Galkynysh field and finishes off the coast of the Caspian Sea.  MORE