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By Aynur Jafarova

TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.Ş. announced the pre-qualification for Stations Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) work on Trans-Anatolian pipeline (TANAP) project, the company said on January 17.

The key parameters of the Stations work include engineering, procurement and construction of two compressor stations (for initial stage), two metering stations (one upstream fiscal metering station and one downstream monitoring metering station) and two pressure reduction and metering stations at off-take locations. All stations will include civil, mechanical, piping and E&I work.

Receipt of applications is scheduled for February 28, 2014.

It is expected that the invitations to bid will be made in the third quarter of 2014 and contract(s) will be awarded in the third quarter of 2015.

The TANAP project, jointly developed by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR, Turkish state pipeline company Botas, and energy company TPAO, will deliver gas from Azerbaijan's giant Shah Deniz field to the Turkish-Greek border via eastern Turkey.

The initial capacity of the pipeline will be 16 billion cubic meters of gas a year. TANAP will connect to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on the Turkish-Greek border.

Turkey owns a 20-percent share in the project, while the rest of the shares belong to Azerbaijan.