Third Meeting on Southern Gas Corridor to Be Held in 2017 - Minister
The third meeting of the Consultative Council for the project Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) will be held in 2017, said the Minister of Energy Natig Aliyev.
‘The next meeting of the Advisory Council on the draft SGC will be held next year,’ the Minister said.
As previously reported, the first meeting of the Consultative Council on the SGC was held in Baku in February 2015, and the second – also in Baku in February 2016.
The project Southern Gas Corridor provides for the establishment of pipeline infrastructure to transport Azerbaijani gas produced within Stage 2 of Shah Deniz to Europe via Turkey. -0--
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