“The TANAP and the TAP pipelines are of particular importance in order to reduce Europe`s dependence on Russian gas,” Ruhle said. “In this issue, a big part of the responsibility lies on Turkey as well.”
TANAP and TAP pipelines are an integral part of the Southern Gas Corridor project to deliver gas as part of the Stage 2 of development of Azerbaijan`s Shah Deniz field to Europe. Other sources can connect to this project at a later stage.
TANAP project envisages transporting gas from Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field from the Georgian-Turkish border to the western border of Turkey. The gas will reach Turkey in 2018, and after the completion of the TAP construction, the gas will reach Europe around early 2020. The initial capacity of TAP will be 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year, which can be expanded to 20 billion cubic meters.
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