(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) scow April 22 - Russia's gas giant Gazprom and Turkey will discuss how to increase the annual capacity of the Blue Stream gas pipeline from 16 cu m to 19 cu m Gazprom said on Monday. The statement followed a meeting between Gazprom Export Chief Alexander Medvedev and Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz in Ankara on Monday. "The participants in the meeting discussed development of gas cooperation between Gazprom and Turkey including a possibility of increasing the annual capacity of the Blue Stream gas pipeline from 16 billion cubic meters to 19 billion cubic meters. The sides agreed to discuss the matter in detail" Gazprom said noting the task of increasing the pipeline's capacity would not require the construction of any additional lines. In 2011 the Blue Stream project received a certificate proving that Gazprom could technically increase the carrying capacity of the pipeline's underwater section which runs on the bottom of the Black Sea by 20% from 16 billion cubic meters to more than 19 billion cubic meters. Turkey is the world's second biggest importer of Russian gas after Germany. In 2013 Gazprom supplied 26.61 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey by an overland route and on the Blue Stream. The 1213 km-long Blue Stream gas pipeline with a capacity of 16 billion cu m was launched in December 2002 for direct gas deliveries to Turkish gas consumers via the bottom of the Black Sea. The Blue Stream became part of a gas transportation corridor from Russia to Turkey which runs through Ukraine Moldova Romania and Bulgaria. It has intensified the development of the Turkish gas market.
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