The World Bank (WB) is considering a possibility to provide loan guarantees for financing the construction of the Azerbaijani part of the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) project.

The consortium for the construction of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) has chosen a company that will render services of establishing the SCADA system (supervisory control and data acquisition), as well as telecommunication system for the pipeline construction project, TANAP said Oct. 27.

Security of energy projects in Turkey, in particular the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline project, is guaranteed at the highest level, the energy expert at the Turkish Center for International Strategic Studies USAK Guner Ozkan told Trend.

The Turkish and Azerbaijani Parliaments have ratified the agreement on the construction of Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP). The digging operations are expected to be launched within this project, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday, TRT Haber TV channel reported.

Construction of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) -- which will carry Azerbaijan's natural gas across Turkey to Europe -- is planned to begin in 2014, head of the Azerbaijani state energy firm SOCAR said, Trend news agency reported on Friday.

The Azerbaijani parliament's decision to ratify the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) agreement shows the concrete determination of the country to bring its gas to Europe, EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said in a statement released by the EU Delegation in Baku.

Azerbaijan and Turkey will do everything for the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline system (TANAP) to become a reality, Bloomberg reported with the reference to SOCAR Deputy Vice-president Vitaliy Baylarbayov.

The Azerbaijani parliament ratified an agreement on the construction of a separate gas pipeline to transport gas to Turkey and through its territory, as well as an agreement on the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline system (TANAP) between the governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey on Tuesday.

Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR's partners on the project of developing the gas condensate field Shah Deniz have voiced their preliminary intentions to acquire a stake in the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) project, SOCAR head Rovnag Abdullayev told media on Wednesday.