TurkStream

TurkStream
Map of TurkStream
Location
Country	Russia Turkey
From	Russkaya compressor station near Anapa, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Passes through	Black Sea
To	Kıyıköy, Turkey
General information
Type	natural gas
Operator	Gazprom (Russian onshore section, offshore section) BOTAŞ (Turkish onshore section)
Installer of pipes	Allseas
Pipe layer	Audacia Pioneering Spirit
Construction started	May 2017
Commissioned	8 January 2020
Technical information
Length	930 km (580 mi)
Maximum discharge	31.5×10^9 m3/a (1.11×10^12 cu ft/a)

TurkStream (Turkish: TürkAkım or Türk Akımı, Russian: Турецкий поток; former name: Turkish Stream) is a natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Turkey. It starts from Russkaya compressor station near Anapa in Russia's Krasnodar Region, crossing the Black Sea to the receiving terminal at Kıyıköy. Some gas flows onwards to the European Union.