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TANAP extremely important for Turkey, Europe

27 April 2015 [09:50] - TODAY.AZ

The project for construction of Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline is extremely important both for Turkey and Europe, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

Davutoglu said that alongside with ensuring Europe’s energy security, TANAP will promote the region’s development, Kanal7 TV channel reported Apr.27.

TANAP project envisages the transportation of gas of Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz field from the Georgian-Turkish border to the western borders of Turkey. TANAP’s initial capacity is expected to reach 16 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

Around six billion cubic meters of this gas will be delivered to Turkey and the rest of the volume to Europe. Turkey will obtain gas in 2018. The gas will be supplied to Europe in early 2020 after the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is constructed. The project’s cost is estimated at $10-$11 billion.

BP and the TANAP consortium signed March 13 a shareholder agreement, according to which BP will become one of the shareholders of TANAP. The agreement is one of the main documents for BP’s ownership of a stake in the TANAP project.

Following the completion of a legal implementation procedure, TANAP’s shareholders list will be as follows: SOCAR – 58 percent, Botas – 30 percent and BP – 12 percent.

/By Trend/

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