The pipelay vessel of Italy‘s Saipem, Castoro Sei, along with its supply ships, has withdrawn from the Russian coast near Anapa and is returning to the Bulgarian port of Burgas, data from the global positioning system for marine vessels shows.(…)
Observers said the actual reason for the termination of the contract might have been that Gazprom hit a dead end in negotiations with Turkey, which has not yet granted permission for construction of the pipeline and is demanding a package deal with preferential prices for gas.