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20 April 2015 [10:24] - Today.Az
Security of energy projects in Turkey, in particular the
Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline project (TANAP), is guaranteed at the
highest level, the energy expert at the Turkish Center for International
Strategic Studies USAK Guner Ozkan told Trend.
He said that Turkey will counteract any possible internal threat to the implementation of the TANAP project.
Earlier, some Turkish media reported that the PKK (Kurdistan Workers'
Party) intensified in the province of Kars, where the implementation of
the major energy project in March began.
Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline in Turkey will pass through a number of the eastern provinces of the country.
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 to Europe.
Turkey will receive gas in 2018. The gas will be supplied to Europe
in early 2020 after the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is constructed.
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.
The project’s cost is estimated at $10-$11 billion. /By Trend/
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