Baku, Azerbaijan, May 20
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
For the construction of the section of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), which is to run through Turkish province of Eskisehir, Turkey will import pipes from China, Fernas Insaat A.S., one of the contractors for construction of TANAP's onshore section, told Trend May 20.
The company said that at present everything is ready in Eskisehir to start the construction of TANAP.
"All the imported pipes will be checked by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE)," said the company.
Fernas Insaat A.S. also told Trend that the construction of TANAP's section will start in Eskisehir province this summer.
Tekfen Insaat ve Tesisat A.S., the other company that is to build TANAP in Eskisehir, also said everything is ready for the pipeline's construction, and the company will start the construction in the near future.
Three companies, Fernas Insaat A.S., Sicim-Yuksel-Akkord Adi Ortakligi and Tekfen Insaat ve Tesisat A.S. are the contractors for construction of TANAP's onshore part, which is to be 1,337 kilometers long. They will construct the gas pipeline's section running up to the Turkish city of Eskisehir.
In March 2015, the TSE said the companies that are to supply pipes for TANAP's construction project, will have to receive a certificate of that institute.
TANAP 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 receive gas in 2018, and after the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is constructed the gas will be delivered to Europe in early 2020.
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.
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