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For more than ten years harsh negotiations among different oil majors and pipeline consortia have been taking place about the Southern Gas Corridor, all of them seeking to transit 10 bcm/year of natural gas that will be produced from the Shah Deniz giant gas field of Azerbaijan to the European Union.
The Nabucco gas pipeline consortium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Co-operation with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline, agreeing to co-operate on the development of the Southern Gas Corridor. Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH and TANAP Dogalgaz Iletim A.S., have agreed to exchange...
Azerbaijan plans to deliver gas extracted within the second phase of Shah Deniz project to Europe in 2019, according to vice-president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Elshad Nasirov. Phase two will start production in 2018 and deliver the fuel to the European Union in 2019...
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that construction of the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline project (TANAP) could begin as early as this year. Reuters reported that Erdogan made the comment during a news conference with political leaders in Bratislava, the Slovakian...
The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline will enhance Turkey's position as a leader of energy security in Europe, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Agencies reported Erdogan declaring that the TANAP agreement signed last year would be a big boost for Turkey's strategic importance. Turkish interests...
There still is a lot to do for him: According to Guenther Oettinger, the Commissioner for Energy at the European Commission, the transport of gas to and via Europe still is on the status of the Cold War. Compared to the transport of other goods by land, sea and air, there are no pipelines up to now that...
If three energy ministers gather around a table for over an hour and half, there should be some serious energy problems on the agenda. This was especially true for the first session of the Atlantic Council Energy and Economics Summit, held on November 15 and 16 in Istanbul, on a panel dedicated to Europe’s...
The media is abound with forecasts on the long awaited export routes that the operating consortium will chose for transport of gas from the second phase of the development of the giant Shah-Deniz field. Major voiced criterion is said to be "the most commercial" and "technically feasible" route. That...
Working as a freelance journalist, I write articles for several newspapers and magazines on various topics. But before writing, I have to do research, read other articles and interview relevant people. Very often, I have to go to an event or, even more often, to several ones. I may be a congress or something...
On the eve of the Shah Deniz Consortium’s announcement about the gas pipeline project selected to transport Azeri gas to Europe, regional political leaders and energy representatives gathered in Istanbul, on November 15th and 16th, for the Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit. As expected...
