The Tesla gas pipeline: have hopes revived?

... of agreement and construction, since in order to supply gas to Europe by 2018-2019 construction should be starting now. The Russian giant’s leadership set the objective of concluding an intergovernmental agreement with Turkey in the second quarter of this year in order to deliver the first gas via the new pipeline by December 2016. Gazprom has made substantial concessions to the Turkish side, agreeing to a discount of 10.25% instead of the originally proposed 6% . The hurry is also driven by the way the situation around Iran is developing. The news that the deal had been reached was followed immediately by a visit to Iran by the president of Turkey ...