Discussions for export of Egyptian gas to Turkey

The state-owned Turkish pipeline company Botas announced that Egypt is among the major countries with which negotiations are currently being made to export natural gas to fulfil Turkey's increasing consumption, which is expected to jump to 80 billion cubic meters annually by the year 2020 up from the current level of 10 cubic meters billion annualy.

Newspapers published in Ankara said yesterday through the company's officials that the discussions continue between the company and the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum over the agreement signed between the two sides to export nearly 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually through pipelines under the Mediterranean Sea.