BRUSSELS, Dec. 14. After the failure of the Russian gas pipeline “South Stream” in the European Union intend to strengthen cooperation with alternative suppliers of natural gas. So, plan to double the capacity of the planned Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), in which Europe will arrive gas from Azerbaijan, writes Der Spiegel.
The agreement was reached a few days ago at a meeting of the new European Commissioner for Energy Maroš Šefčovič Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz. “All participants are confident that the pipeline will be built by 2019″ – quoted words Shefchovicha edition. EU Commissioner also stated that there are technical possibilities for doubling the capacity of the gas pipeline “pipe,” says DW.
With the Trans Adriatic Pipeline is expected to deliver gas to Europe from a large field in Azerbaijan “Shah Deniz-2″. Initially, it will be pumped through Turkey via a pipeline TANAP, and then – on the 800-kilometer pipe TAP from the Turkish-Greek border to the northern part of Greece, through Albania and the Adriatic Sea to Italy. From there, the gas will flow into the European gas distribution system.
In turn, Azerbaijan welcomes the increase in the initial capacity of the Trans pipeline (TANAP), which could become a reality in the background stop the project “South Stream”. This will allow Azerbaijan to expand its presence in the European gas market, writes: Trend Emil Izmailov.
In fact, this means that the change maps of gas supplies to Europe continues this process is in favor of the project “Southern Gas Corridor”, which it is intended to open Azerbaijani gas condensate field “Shah Deniz”, he said.
“The desire to reduce gas dependence on Russia forced the EU to resort to unexpected actions – asked for an extension of the initial capacity of TANAP from 16 to 20 billion cubic meters, “- says Izmailov. These measures serve multiple purposes. Firstly, an additional four billion will expand the list of countries that can ensure gas. Secondly, it is clear proposal to the Turkish side, which can be successfully implemented in the short term, in contrast to the “vague ideas about the construction of a new gas pipeline from Russia and Turkey”.
In turn, this situation shows that the value of the “Southern Gas Corridor” increases, which promises him a great success, the expert emphasizes. Rejection of the “South Stream” requires a search for a number of Central and South-East to seek new sources of gas supply, and more countries will be covered by the Azerbaijani gas, the sooner Azerbaijan will strengthen its position in the EU market.
It may be question – where Azerbaijan takes an additional four billion cubic meters of gas? It has a sufficiently clear explanation. According to Izmailov, the country is very rich in natural gas reserves in recent years opened new fields such as “Umid” and “Absheron”, there are plans for the development of prospective structures “Babak”, “Shafag-Asiman”, “Nakhchivan” and others.
The project involves the construction of TANAP gas pipeline system from the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field through Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Albania to the south of Italy. On them is planned to supply 6 billion cubic meters to Turkey and 10 billion in Europe. In the future capacity of the pipeline can be increased to 31 billion cubic meters.
On the closure of the project “South Stream” became known on 1 December. During the state visit to Turkey, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia in the present circumstances can not continue the project, including the non-constructive position of the European Union.
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