Russian energy company Gazprom facing delays in build on its Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline. File photo by Igor Golovniov/UPI MOSCOW, Sept. 15 (UPI) — Development of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline from Russia is on hold because of installation delays, an official with Russia’s Gazprom said. Alexander Medvedev , the deputy chairman of Russian natural gas company Gazprom, said the late 2016 launch of the pipeline through Turkey was no longer achievable . “Due to the fact that the installation [of the pipeline] did not begin as planned, we are no longer speaking of December 2016,” he said. The Kremlin sent two offers to the Turkish government for consideration on a pipeline project in mid-2015. In August, the government said there was still no word on the project from Ankara. Gazprom surveyed the Turkish land route for the 110-mile section of pipeline from the Black Sea last […]