BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 6. The estimated useful life of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) system is expected to last until 2062, Trend reports.
The estimated useful life of the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) is thirty years from 25 November 2006, the date when the pipeline was commissioned.
The SCP is transporting Shah Deniz gas to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye. The expanded section of the pipeline commenced commercial deliveries to Türkiye in June 2018 and to Europe in December 2020.
The initial capacity of TANAP is 16 billion cubic meters of gas per year, with possibility of expanding to 31 billion cubic meters per year in the future. Around 6 billion cubic meters of gas is delivered to Türkiye, while the rest of the volume is supplied to Europe.
TANAP shareholders are as follows: Southern Gas Corridor CJSC – 51 percent, SOCAR Türkiye Enerji – 7 percent, BOTAS – 30 percent and bp – 12 percent.
Line fill began in the TANAP pipeline across Türkiye in late January 2018.
A ceremony to launch Phase 0 of TANAP took place June 12, 2018 in the Turkish city of Eskisehir. First commercial gas deliveries to Türkiye commenced on June 30, 2018. The opening ceremony of TANAP’s connecting with Europe took place on Nov. 30, 2019 in Ipsala town (Edirne province, Türkiye).
For expansion, it is necessary to add several additional compressor stations in order to achieve throughput of 24 billion cubic meters per year. To achieve capacity of 31 billion cubic meters, a total of seven compressor stations will be required.
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