Russia Plans to Develop Black Sea Gas Infrastructure

Russia is planning to develop gas export pipelines in the Black and Azov Seas and build new refining and transport facilities according to the new Maritime Doctrine approved by Putin on Sunday according to Tass reports.

• "In the Black and Azov Seas: there will be further development to export gas transportation systems, including the system of underwater pipelines," it says.
• "In the Baltic Sea: the development of domestic coastal and port infrastructure - railways, logistics centers, and port facilities, including specializing in the processing and transportation of hydrocarbon resources, in the interests of re-orienting exported and imported cargoes to domestic ports," the document said.