Pipeliners

07/08/2005 (00:19) RZD News - Russian natural gas extraction and transportation monopoly Gazprom plans to commission 1,500 kilometers of pipelines and 19 booster stations this year, the company's press service said Friday. The news followed a session on the schedule for commissioning the facilities of a gas transportation system, which will provide for exports through the Blue Flow mainline. Covering 1,213 kilometers under the Black Sea, Blue Flow links Russia to Turkey. Its estimated annual capacity is 16 billion cubic meters of gas. Turkey currently consumes no more than 4.7 billion cubic meters of Blue Flow gas a year, reports RIA-Novosti.