Baku, Azerbaijan, April 22
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Iraqi gas may be transported to Europe via the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP), Saltuk Duzyol, the head of TANAP consortium, was quoted April 22 by the Turkish Star newspaper as saying.
He said that the issue of Turkmen gas transportation via TANAP is also being considered.
Earlier, Duzyol said that over one-third of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) has been built in Turkey.
He said that the welding work has been completed on a TANAP's 440-kilometer-section.
Duzyol said that the relevant contracts were signed for the construction of TANAP's offshore section, to be laid through the bottom of the Dardanelles Strait.
TANAP project envisages transportation of gas of Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field from Georgian-Turkish border to the western borders of Turkey.
Turkey will get gas in 2018 and after completing the construction of Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), it will be delivered to Europe in early 2020.
Currently, the shareholders of TANAP are: the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) - 58 percent, Botas - 30 percent and BP - 12 percent.
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