Turkey intends to up gas import from Azerbaijan
Turkey will be able to deliver gas from Azerbaijan and Iran with the launch of the new gas compressor station in Chayirli in Turkish Province of Erzincan, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said.
He said that one third of the gas consumed in Turkey will be pumped through the new gas compressor station in Chayirli, local media reported.
Currently, Turkey imports gas from Azerbaijani gas condensate field of Shah Deniz through South Caucasus Pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum). According to the contract, within first stage of the field development Turkey must deliver 6.6 billion cubic meters of gas. From the second stage, Turkey will deliver another 6 billion cubic meters of gas.
Shah Deniz reserves are estimated at 1.2 trillion cubic meters of gas.
The contract to develop the offshore Shah Deniz field was signed
on June 4, 1996.
Participants to the agreement are: BP (operator) - 25.5 per cent,
Statoil - 25.5 per cent, NICO - 10 per cent, Total - 10 per cent,
Lukoil - 10 per cent, TPAO - nine per cent and SOCAR - 10 per
cent.
In 1996, Iran and Turkey concluded an agreement to supply 10 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey annually (30 million cubic meters per day).
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