5/5/2017
Trans Anadolu Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project
TANAP Director General Saltuk Düzyol, "Mechanical works of Phase 0 to start at Turkey-Georgia border proceed towards Eskişehir planned to be completed until the end of this year. Then, commissioning process will start. As of January 2018, first test gas will be given. All works for supplying gas to Europe will be completed as of July 2019."
Trans Anadolu Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP) Director General Saltuk Düzyol has furnished information on the progress of the Project. Noting 80% progress attained on 1,334 km "Phase 0" section of the project to start at Turkey-Georgia border as to proceed to Eskişehir, Düzyol has said that 45% progress has been attained in section starts west of Eskişehir to extend up to Europe. When considered totally, 70% progress has been attained in the project. Communicating Çanakkale sea crossing will be realized in end-Summer and 36 inch twin pipelines will be laid for Çanakkale sea crossing, Düzyol went on to say, "Commercial gas to be ready in June 2018" "Until the end of this year, mechanical works of Phase 0 planned to be completed. Then, commissioning works will start. First test gas will be given as of January 2018. Pipeline will be filled with that gas, gas will be taken as share of both BOTAŞ and Azerbaijan Gas Supply Company. After the tests, commercial gas will be ready in June 2018. We started works for Operation, personnel employed. Now, trainings are ongoing. As is known, the beginning capacity of the pipeline will be 16 billion cubic meter but it was designed for 31 billion cubic meter capacity. In the future, Turkey will be able to take 15 billion cubic meter gas more from the pipeline." "According to initial calculations, saving is about USD 3.2 billion" Düzyol has noted that the revised budget of TANAP is USD 8.5 billion and we have saved USD 3.2 billion in according to initial calculations. Noting the investment cost will further be decreased, Düzyol said, "Investment period and dicussions with banks still continue. The amount of contracts signed until now is USD 5 billion. The financing secured from international financing agencies will start to be used soon". "All works for supplying gas to Europe will be completed as of July 2019" Communicating according to work program, all works for supplying gas to Europe will be completed as of July 2019, Düzyol went on to say, "Initial gas supply date on Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) actually seemed to be early 2020. However, now it seems there will be a little delay in TAP. For this reason, we have to wait for some time, but TAP will be completed tough with some delay, because there are 9 big buyers of gas at Turkey-Greece border. Committment was made for 15 years. These are transport or pay committments. TANAP will be ready at all costs. TANAP is a project among the pipelines within the coverage of South Gas Corridor, with full progress and a project with most efficient cost. In this respect, I think we realized a very successful work, on behalf of Turkey and TANAP partners."
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