Türkiye is restarting a natural gas conduit endeavor via Syria to ship natural gas to Europe.
Türkiye formally declared the restart of natural gas conveyance from Qatar via Syria toward Europe.
The natural gas conduit endeavor was suggested formerly in 2009; however, the Syrian administration, headed by President Bashar al-Assad, firmly resisted it. Assad, in alliance with Iran and Russia, displayed no inclination toward such an endeavor, which would have fortified Turkey’s sway.
The fresh Turkish powers, backed by Turkey, are displaying superior pliability. This holds validity seeing that Turkey will evolve into the chief natural gas passage nation to Europe, empowering it to augment takings from conveyance and levy. Turkey will be authorized to politically oversee natural gas provisions to Europe from three principal origins—Russian, Qatari, and Azerbaijani natural gas. This will fashion immense financial gains for Turkey and enlarge its sway on the European energy marketplace.
Nevertheless, the endeavor presently confronts resistance from other territorial and global entities, notably Saudi Arabia and the United States. Saudi Arabia, with its tense rapport with Qatar, harbors no interest in bolstering its standing.
Europeans are furthermore improbable to be keen on becoming entirely reliant on Turkey for their energy provisioning (akin to their previous dependence on Russia). Further, construction of the natural gas conduit necessitates a steady political landscape within Syria itself and command over the locales via which the conduit will traverse. And Turkey lacks command over all the insurgent and dissident factions inside these provinces.
