By Trend
Balkan countries may connect to the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC),
Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said at a press
conference following the fifth ministerial meeting of the SGC
Advisory Council in Baku, Trend reports Feb. 20.
The minister also noted that Turkmenistan has been participating
in SGC meetings for the second year, and this indicates the
interest of the country in joining the SGC project.
However, as it is known, there should be certain agreement
between the gas supplier countries and gas consumer countries, he
said.
If such an agreement is signed, the SGC will consider this
issue, Shahbazov added.
The 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC)
Advisory Council was held Feb. 20 at the Heydar Aliyev Center in
Baku.
The participants in the event included energy ministers from the
Southern Gas Corridor member-states and representatives of a number
of organizations, as well as European Commissioner for Budget and
Human Resources, acting co-chair of SGC Advisory Council Gunther
Oettinger.
The Southern Gas Corridor is one of the priority projects for
the EU and envisages the transportation of 10 billion cubic meters
of Azerbaijani gas from the Caspian region through Georgia and
Turkey to Europe.
The launching ceremony of the first stage of the Southern Gas
Corridor was held in Baku on May 29, 2018, while opening ceremony
of TANAP was held on June 12, 2018 in the Turkish city of
Eskisehir.
The gas from the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field has already gone
through the first segment of the Southern Gas Corridor - from the
Sangachal terminal to the expanded South Caucasus Pipeline.
Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas
Pipeline (TANAP) have been recently connected on the Turkish-Greek
border.
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