TANAP names contractors for pipeline’s construction
By Aynur Jafarova
The consortium of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project has chosen the contractors for the pipeline’s construction, Turkish media reported on December 23.
The winners of the tender are the Fernas Insaat, the Sicim-Yuksel-Akkord consortium, and Tekfen Holding.
They have been invited to the construction of the pipeline’s sections running from Georgia’s border to Turkish city of Erzurum, from Erzurum to the city of Sivas, and from Sivas to the city of Eskisehir.
TANAP, developed by SOCAR in collaboration with Turkish Botas and the energy company TPAO, will deliver Shah Deniz gas to the Turkish-Greek border from eastern Turkey.
The initial capacity of the pipeline will be 16 billion cubic meters of gas a year. TANAP will link up with Trans-Adriatic (TAP) pipeline on the Turkish-Greek border.
About six billion cubic meters of gas will be delivered to Turkey and the rest to Europe. The costs of the TANAP project are estimated at $10 billion to $11 billion.
Earlier the Turkish 'Borusan Mannesmann', 'Noksel Celik Boru' and 'Erciyas Celik Boru' companies become the winners of the tender on supply of pipes for the TANAP project.
They will provide the supply of pipes for TANAP.