The abovementioned companies won the tender to supply pipes for the TANAP project.
The signing ceremony was attended by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz, Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev and President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, Rovnag Abdullayev.
Earlier, Taner Yildiz said that in total, 1.8 million metric tons of steel pipes will be laid to implement the gas pipeline construction project through Turkey`s territory.
The TANAP project envisages gas transportation from the Shah Deniz field to Europe via Turkey. The initial capacity is expected to reach 16 billion cubic meters per year.
Around six billion cubic meters will be delivered to Turkey and the rest to Europe. In future the pipeline may be expanded up to 31 billion cubic meters a year.
TANAP pipeline is planned to be commissioned in 2018. The project cost is estimated at $10-11 billion.
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