BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 20. Construction of Ighdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline will begin after completing the design and engineering and technical analysis, Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR told Trend.
“Currently design work is underway, as part of which we inspected the primary route of the pipeline at the interconnection on the territory of Nakhchivan-Turkey border and took a note of necessary changes for the further work,” said the company.
It is planned to invest 100 million Turkish liras in Ighdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline in 2022. The rest of the total 185 million Turkish liras will be allocated in 2023.
The construction of the pipeline that will transport natural gas to Nakhchivan via Ighdir will begin this year. The daily capacity of the pipeline is 1.5 million cubic meters.
Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding on Ighdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline on Dec.15, 2020.
The project will be implemented by Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and Turkey’s BOTAS. Nakhchivan currently receives gas mainly through Iran. The supply of Azerbaijani gas through Turkey will help Nakhchivan meet its gas demand. The Turkish section of the pipeline from Ighdir to Sadarak, Nakhcivan, will be 85 kilometers long.
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