Gazprom is supplying gas for Blue Stream, and the company's construction arm, Stroitransgaz, is in charge of building the pipeline.
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By 2010, the volume of the Blue Stream pipeline is expected to increase to 16 billion cubic meters ( 565 billion cubic feet ).
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"Gas purchases through the Blue Stream will resume on Aug . 1, " the Anatolia news agency quoted Guler as saying.
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In 2005 the Blue Stream pipeline projected to supply gas from southern Russia to Turkey was inaugurated as a joint venture between Eni and Gazprom.
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In 2015, the supply of Russian gas to Turkey will be raised by 3 billion cubic meters via the already operating Blue Stream pipeline.
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Even with Blue Stream gas, Turkish officials said they needed multiple suppliers and pointed to the March agreement to buy Azerbaijani gas as an example.
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Purchases of Russian gas through the recently completed 446-kilometer ( 278-mile ) pipeline project known as Blue Stream were stopped in March.
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In 1997, Yilmaz, then the deputy prime minister, signed the Blue Stream pipeline deal with Russia, despite strong opposition to the deal.
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Gas deliveries to Turkey through the US $ 3.4 billion Blue Stream pipeline stopped earlier this year, with Turkey demanding lower price and volume.
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Guler on Tuesday had announced that Turkey would resume importing gas from the 446-kilometer ( 278-mile ) Blue Stream on Aug . 1.
