Tabriz-Ankara Pipeline

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Tabriz-Ankara Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from Tabriz, Iran, and through Ezurum, Turkey to Ankara, Turkey.

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Project Details

• Operator: National Iranian Oil Company, BOTAŞ
• Parent Company: National Iranian Oil Company, BOTAŞ
• Current capacity: 14 billion cubic meters per year
• Proposed capacity:
• Length: 1,601 miles / 2,577 km
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2001

Background

Construction of the pipeline began in 1996 after a signed agreement between the Turkish and Iranian governments. Under this agreement, Iran would sell natural gas to Turkey for a 22-year period, beginning in 1999. The pipeline was commissioned on 26 July 2001.

The pipeline has been attacked and damaged several times by PKK guerillas.

On 1 January 2008, Iran reduced gas supplies to Turkey, and on 7 January 2008 the supply of gas was stopped because of a cut-off of gas from Turkmenistan. The supply was restored on 27 January 2008. The supply was cut off again in February 2008 because of bad weather conditions.

Technical features

The Turkish section, operated by BOTAŞ, cost US$600 million. In Erzurum, the Tabriz-Ankara Pipeline is linked to the South Caucasus Pipeline.

Articles and resources

External articles

Wikipedia also has an article on Tabriz-Ankara Pipeline (Tabriz-Ankara pipeline. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License].