South gas corridor
The southern gas corridor is a pipeline around 3,500 kilometers long with which natural gas is to be transported from the Shah Deniz 2 gas field in the Caspian Sea via Azerbaijan , Georgia , Turkey , Greece and Albania to Italy . The project is a joint initiative of the European Commission and Azerbaijan - with the aim of energy security and diversification of Europe's energy supply .
The southern gas corridor consists of three pipelines: the South Caucasus Pipeline, Transanatolian Pipeline (TANAP) and Transadriatic Pipeline (TAP). From 2020, ten billion cubic meters of natural gas per year are to be delivered to Europe via the southern gas corridor.
Installation
On May 29, 2018, Azerbaijan put the southern gas corridor into operation. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan , İlham Əliyev , attended the official opening ceremony of the Southern Gas Corridor. İlham Əliyev said at the opening ceremony: "With this project we are drawing a new energy map of Europe."
Transanatolian pipeline
The TANAP in Eskişehir went into operation on June 12, 2018 . The TANAP pipeline will meet 12% of Turkey's natural gas needs. The opening ceremony in Eskişehir was attended by the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , the President of Azerbaijan İlham Əliyev, Georgia's President Giorgi Margelashvili and the Ukrainian Prime Minister Petro Poroshenko .
costs
US $ 45 billion is being invested in the southern gas corridor . Six billion US dollars for 26 wells in the Caspian Sea , fifteen billion US dollars for offshore installations and two billion US dollars for the expansion of the Sangachal natural gas and oil terminal near Baku. The expansion of the South Caucasus pipeline from Baku via Georgia to Erzurum cost five billion US dollars, and TANAP twelve billion US dollars from Erzurum to the western Turkish border. Eleven internationally operating companies and eleven gas wholesalers are involved in the project. The southern gas corridor creates over 30,000 jobs.
financing
November 2017 the southern gas corridor was listed as a project of common interest (PCI) of the European Commission. On March 15, 2018, the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved EUR 932 million for the southern gas corridor.
International reactions
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini called the Southern Gas Corridor "an essential part of the EU's energy security strategy" and said the project was "undoubtedly one of our top priorities".
The federal government also welcomes the southern gas corridor. As stated in a communication from the Federal Government, the diversification of the energy supply could make a contribution to "guaranteeing a permanent, secure energy supply for the European Union at competitive prices".
On February 13, 2013, Italy, Albania and Greece signed a trilateral intergovernmental agreement, thereby confirming their political and economic support for the “Southern Gas Corridor” project.
Individual evidence
- ^ German Bundestag, answer to the minor question from the members of parliament Jürgen Trittin, Annalena Baerbock, Oliver Krischer, Marieluise Beck (Bremen), Dr. Franziska Brantner, Agnieszka Brugger, Uwe Kekeritz, Tom Koenigs, Dr. Tobias Lindner, Omid Nouripour, Cem Özdemir, Claudia Roth (Augsburg), Manuel Sarrazin, Dr. Frithjof Schmidt, Doris Wagner, Matthias Gastel, Bärbel Höhn, Stephan Kühn (Dresden), Dr. Julia Verlinden and the BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN parliamentary group - printed matter 18/9113 - effects and risks of the southern gas corridor.
- ^ Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - NEWS »Events. Retrieved on August 14, 2018 .
- ^ Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - NEWS »Events. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.eu-umweltbuero.at/inhalt/aserbaidschan-eroeffnet-zentrales-terminal-fuer-suedlichen-gaskorridor. Retrieved on August 15, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Commissioning of the TANAP pipeline scheduled for June 19 . ( azertag.az [accessed on August 14, 2018]).
- ↑ a b Natural gas from Azerbaijan for Europe: Southern gas corridor on plan | SOCAR Germany. Retrieved on August 13, 2018 (German).
- ^ German Bundestag, answer of the federal government to the minor question of the deputies Jürgen Trittin, Annalena Baerbock, Dr. Julia Verlinden, another member of parliament and the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN - printed matter 19/1913 - status, effects and risks of the southern gas corridor. Retrieved on August 15, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Reuters Editorial: EIB approves 932 mln euro loan for TANAP gas pipeline . In: UK ( reuters.com [accessed August 15, 2018]).
- ^ Leersch: German Bundestag - Southern gas corridor is welcomed . In: German Bundestag . ( bundestag.de [accessed on August 13, 2018]).