Natural gas has become widely used since 1950s mainly for power generation, heating, and for processes like fertilizer production. As most would remember, the Greeks and Native Americans who discovered “burning air” leaks from ground have used it like around Mount Olympus, too. But the transmission, distribution, storage, liquefaction and shipping for use in a…
Russia has completed another big pipeline project which has given them leverage over future gas competition and also in negotiation with mid-stream countries. TurkStream (not Turkish Stream as some misinterpret) has been active more than a month now, has worked well probably in negotiations with Ukraine and also for keeping Turkey’s demand in the basket…
Story of Turkey’s Natural Gas Peak Demand Turkey’s natural gas history is quite old. The first gas was delivered in 1987 and the first LNG terminal was commissioned in 1994, a brilliant idea of the times, as one of the world’s first regasification plants. Turkey enlarged its natural gas network mostly parallel to the growth…