Turkey inaugurated a $10 billion project to pipe Azeri gas to Western markets on Tuesday, forging ahead with a plan that could help Europe reduce its dependence on Russian energy even as Moscow touts its own alternative.
The Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) aims to carry 16 billion cubic meters of gas a year by mid-2018 from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II field in the Caspian Sea, one of the world’s largest gas fields developed by a BP-led consortium.
The 1,850 kilometer (1,150 mile) pipeline will stretch from Turkey’s border with Georgia to Greece and is key to Turkey’s ambition to cut its own …read more
Source: Voice of America
