Tabriz-Ankara Pipeline
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Tabriz-Ankara Pipeline, also known as Iran-Turkey Gas pipeline, is an operating natural gas pipeline in Iran and Turkey.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Tabriz, Iran, and through Ezurum, Turkey to Ankara, Turkey.[2][3]
Project details
- Operator: National Iranian Oil Company, BOTAŞ
- Owner: National Iranian Oil Company, BOTAŞ
- Parent company: National Iranian Oil Company, BOTAŞ
- Current capacity: 14 billion cubic meters per year
- Length: 1,601 miles / 2,577 km[4]
- Diameter: 40, 46 in[5]
- 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.[6] The pipeline was commissioned on 26 July 2001.[7]
The pipeline has been attacked and damaged several times by PKK guerillas 11 times as of August 2020.[8][9]
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.[10] The supply was cut off again in February 2008 because of bad weather conditions.[11]
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.[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tabriz–Ankara pipeline, Wikipedia, last accessed 2022-10-24. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "wiki" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Harvard College. "Tabriz-Ankara Pipeline". World Map. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ United States. Central Intelligence Agency. (2007). "Middle East oil and gas". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ↑ OGJ Online Staff (Dec. 3, 2001). "Iran-Turkey gas pipeline to begin deliveries by yearend". Oil and Gas Journal. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Botas (2015). "2015 Annual Report" (PDF). botas.gov. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Roger Howard, Iran Oil: The New Middle East Challenge to America], I.B. Tauris, 2007, 8
- ↑ Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, European Energy Security: Turkey's Future Role and Impact, Springer, 2011, 106
- ↑ Iran-Turkey pipeline blast cuts gas flow, Reuters, Sep. 10, 2007
- ↑ Saboori, Nada. "Iran Gas Flow to Turkey Resumes". Shana. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Iran resumes gas exports to Turkey, Reuters, Jan. 27, 2008
- ↑ Cold halts Iran gas exports to Turkey, Reuters, Feb. 8, 2008
