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Some 1350km pipes welded under TANAP project [PHOTO]

25 January 2017 [16:12] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Nigar Abbasova

The construction of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), a core pipe of the Southern Gas Corridor, is still in progress.

TANAP General Manager Saltuk Duzyol said that the welding of pipes on the 1,350-kilometer section of the pipeline has already been completed.

Duzyol talking to Azertac informed that one third of 1334 kilometers and 56-inch section was ended to pipe drilled area.

The implementation of the project is expected to require nearly 150,000 pieces of pipe, while some 1.2 million tons of steel pipes will be used in the project.

The 1,850 kilometer pipeline will run from the Turkish border with Georgia, beginning in the Turkish village of Turkgozu in the Posof district of Ardahan, through 21 provinces, until it ends at the Greek border in the ?psala district of Edirne.

The project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz field to the western borders of Turkey. The pipe has the initial capacity of 16 billion cubic meters.

TANAP shareholders are Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR (58 percent), BOTAS (30 percent) and BP (12 percent). By 2023, TANAP's capacity is expected to reach 23 bcm per year with further increase up to 31 bcm by 2026.

Total cost of the TANAP project is estimated at $8.5 billion. The World Bank earlier approved a $400 million loan for Turkey and a $400 million loan for Azerbaijan for the implementation of the project. The overall objective of the project is to diversify Azerbaijan’s gas export markets and improve energy security in Turkey and South East Europe.









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