TANAP natural gas pipeline via Georgia opens on June 12
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The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), a natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan passing through Georgia and Turkey to Europe, will be opened on June 12 in the Turkish city of Eskisehir.
Presidents of all three countries will attend the ceremony. President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili was invited to the ceremony by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The two presidents talked over the phone today.
Erdogan congratulated Margvelashvili on the 100th anniversary of the first Georgian Republic and invited him to the opening ceremony of the TANAP project to be held in Eskishehir, on June 12.
TANAP, a 1,850km pipeline, will travel through Georgia to better connect Europe with natural gas from the Caspian Sea as a way to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian gas.
Construction on the $10 billion TANAP project began in March 2015.
The first gas transportation via TANAP is planned for 2018. The 1,850km pipeline will deliver 10 bcm to Europe once it is connected to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) by 2020. By 2023 TANAP's capacity will rise to 23 bcm per year and then to 31 bcm by 2026.
TANAP will bring natural gas from Azerbaijan through Georgia and Turkey to Europe, and from sources other than Russia. It is a central part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which will connect the Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan to Europe through the South Caucasus Pipeline, TANAP and the TAP, which brings gas from western Turkey to Greece, Albania and across the Adriatic to Italy.
World Bank, EIB financially supports new pipeline via Georgia
The World Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have pledged to provide significant amounts of financial aid to build the new Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP).
The European Union (EU) is extremely interested in expanding energy cooperation with Caspian Sea countries, said EU Ambassador to Azerbaijan Malena Mardi at the Caspian Oil and Gas forum held in Baku yesterday.
Work has begun today on a new gas pipeline that will travel through Georgia to better connect Europe with gas from the Caspian Sea, thus reducing dependence on Russian gas.
The rehabilitation process of East-West Gas Pipeline has finished. Rehabilitation work included expansion of the pipeline, which will increase the capacity and reliability of gas being transported to the country's west.
The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), a natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan passing through Georgia and Turkey to Europe, has opened today in Turkish city of Eskisehir, reports Trend.az.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia will take part in the inauguration of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) in Turkey today. PM Gakharia will attend the inauguration together with the Presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has joined the Presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev, in the inauguration of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) in Turkey.
The long-awaited opening of the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) was held on November 30 in Turkey.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has met with Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is visiting Tbilisi to participate in the eighth, trilateral meeting of Georgian, Azerbaijani and Turkish FMs, earlier today. “We value our special relations with Turkey and welcome further strengthening of strategic partnership,” Gakharia has stated at the meeting.
Georgia has proven to be a “valuable participant” of the Southern Gas Corridor, a route delivering gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, and plays a “key role” in energy resources reaching European markets, Romeo Mikautadze, the Deputy Economy Minister, said on Friday.