Commissioner Oettinger welcomes ratification of TANAP gas pipeline agreement

Brussels, 19-1-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EU Energy Commissioner Oettinger welcomes the ratification of TANAP gas pipeline agreement and the agreement completed today between the Shah Deniz 2 consortium and Nabucco consortium.

Commissioner Oettinger said: “I am pleased to see that a crucial step towards realisation of the South Corridor has been taken: both Azerbaijan and Turkey have ratified the TANAP agreement, thus enabling a dedicated infrastructure for the transport of Azeri gas to the EU.”

TANAP (Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline) will take gas from Shah Deniz gas field 2 in Azerbaijan through Turkey to Europe. In 2018 the Shah Deniz 2 consortium will sell 16 bcma of gas to Turkey and Europe.

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