Russia's Gazprom Receives First Regulatory Approvals for TurkStream

Posted by Michelle Howard September 7, 2016

Russia's major gas producer Gazprom has received first regulatory approvals from Turkey for the Turkish Stream pipeline project, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

"This step by the Turkish side... allows the project to move into implementation phase," Gazprom's CEO Alexei Miller was quoted in the statement as saying.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly)