... diversification efforts and a statement emphasizing the essential role Turkey plays as an energy partner for Europe. The central link of the SGC is the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), whose entire length runs through Turkey.
Photo: TANAP
Turkey’s simultaneous deal with Russia undermines any prospect of strengthening ties between Turkey and the EU that would result from SGC. The unexpected agreement during the beginning of TANAP’s construction only serves to aggravate Turkey’s ...
... be able deliver supplies of gas to Europe bypassing Russia and Iran.
The TANAP project, which logically emerged after the collapse of Nabucco, can so far count only on gas from Azerbaijan (the Shah Deniz gas field). The successful implementation of TANAP depends to a substantial degree on the desire of Iran to supply gas to Europe, since the Shah Deniz field will produce about 16 billion cu m per year. It is assumed that
6 billion cu m of this will be delivered to western regions of Turkey, and 10 billion cu m to Europe
. In addition,
the forecast output of 16 billion cu m was announced by BP
, one of SOCAR’s leading partners in the project. Iran’s deputy oil minister
Ali Majedi has said
that Azerbaijan will be able ...
