A big gas hub in Southwest Turkey would short-circuit the Saudi pipeline, and it seems to be already in the works.
Putin Kills “South Stream” Pipeline, Will Build New Massive Pipeline To Turkey Instead
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-01/putin-kills-south-stream-pipeline-will-build-new-massive-pipeline-turkey-instead
Sounds like a major expansion of the “Blue Stream” pipeline is coming, and also THIS:
TURKEY, RUSSIA AGREE TO USE LOCAL CURRENCIES IN TRADE: TRT
So much for that “Isolating Russia” thingy...
OMG! This is a joke!
Turkey has been the conduit for natural gas from Azerbaijan. Russia’s deal gives her access to that same pipeline. Who’s advising Obama? Zhirinovski?
The good news, I suppose, is that Turkey is vested in Russia, rather than the Saudis.
would short-circuit the Saudi pipeline
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What is Saudi pipeline are you referring to?
In another analysis on the subject, it was pointed out that Turkey doesn’t negotiate to be a transporter for the Russian gas, where Russia pays Turkey for transit but the gas continued to be Russian and Russia could sell to Europeans at whatever price. Turkey wants to buy gas at their eastern border and then resell it to the Europeans themselves. It would be difficult for Russia to get the same price from Turkey as they would get from the Europeans, unless Turks know nothing about margins.
Again, final details of the deal haven’t been released yet. But if Turkey had been an attractive option, Russians would’ve done it long ago.