Sputnik: Why TANAP Pipeline is Not an Alternative to Turkish Stream

With the Turkish Stream project with Russia suspended, the Turkish government has agreed with Azerbaijan to speed up the construction of the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) with an eye to complete the gas project before 2018.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, Davutoglu said earlier in December that the two countries would do “whatever is needed for the TANAP project,” to finish ahead of schedule.

The $10-billion TANAP pipeline will transport Azeri gas from the Georgian-Turkish border to Turkey’s western border. The pipeline’s initial capacity is expected at 16 billion cubic meters a year. Around 6 billion cubic meters will be delivered to Turkey and the rest will be supplied to Europe. MORE