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TANAP Pipeline is not an alternative to Turkish stream - Source-The 17th China(Guangzhou)Int'l Tube&Pipe Expo
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With the Turkish Stream project with Russia suspended, the Turkish government has agreed with Azerbaijan to speed up the construction of the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) with an eye to complete the gas project before 2018.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Azeri President Mr Ilham Aliyev, Davutoglu said earlier in December that the two countries would do “whatever is needed for the TANAP project,” to finish ahead of schedule.
The USD 10-billion TANAP pipeline will transport Azeri gas from the Georgian-Turkish border to Turkey’s western border. The pipeline’s initial capacity is expected at 16 billion cubic meters a year. Around 6 billion cubic meters will be delivered to Turkey and the rest will be supplied to Europe.
Turkey was originally expected to receive TANAP gas in 2018. However, after the suspension of the Turkish Stream energy project with Russia, Ankara sought closer ties with other energy exporting countries.
Mr Alexei Grivach the deputy head of the National Energy Security Foundation has strong doubts about the TANAP pipeline’s ability to end its dependence on natural gas supplies from Russia.
Mr Grivach said that accelerating the construction of the TANAP pipeline made no sense because Azerbaijan simply does not have enough gas to fill it up.
He said that “As to the price Turkey will be buying Azeri gas, it will be maximum ten percent of what they paid for Russian gas, give or take,” adding that by focusing on TANAP project Turkey simply wanted to show that it can make do without Russian gas supplies.
He concluded that “This is a political gesture, nothing more… Turkey is turning to alternative suppliers. They are going to sign a memorandum on liquefied gas deliveries from Qatar and will try to buy some gas from Iraqi Kurdistan, only to show that they have alternative sources of energy.”
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and pipe exhibition-The 17th China(Guangzhou)Int''l Tube&Pipe Expo
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