233 Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar stated that TANAP and TAP, which make significant contributions to Europe’s natural gas supply security through Azerbaijan, were built with a capacity of 32 billion cubic meters, and announced that the infrastructure is ready for the goal of doubling the amount of gas Azerbaijan exports to Europe by 2027.
Energy And Of course Minister of Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Bayraktar, Azerbaijan He made evaluations in the program he attended on the Official State Television AZTV.
Underlining that the energy cooperation between Türkiye and Azerbaijan is an example to the world, Bayraktar said, “Especially in Europe, natural gas The projects we develop here are of great importance for supply security. With the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, a more balanced oil”It is important that the 700 thousand barrels of oil flowing through this line per day go to the world market for supply.”
Bayraktar, Trans, which is a part of the said collaboration Anatolia He stated that the infrastructure of the lines carrying natural gas from the Caspian Sea and Turkey to Europe through the Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) pipelines was built with a capacity of 32 billion cubic meters, and underlined that the infrastructure was ready for Azerbaijan’s goal of doubling the amount of gas it exports to Europe by 2027.
Investments for gas production in the Caspian Sea encouragement Bayraktar, who stated that this should be done, continued as follows:
“We are making every effort in this regard. As Turkey, we are a very large natural gas market. We have a domestic market that can accommodate additional capacities that may come from Azerbaijan in the next 15 years. Turkey is a country with a growing industry and economy and a growing population. We are confident in our commitment to a long-term purchase. We have been telling this to our relevant counterparts in Azerbaijan, SOCAR, for many years. European Union”When the decision is made at this point, it will be possible for TANAP to operate at full capacity in this sense.”
4th Azerbaijan Türkiye Energy Forum will be held in Izmir
Bayraktar underlined that a new pipeline was added to the pipelines between the two countries with the Iğdır-Nakhchivan Natural Gas Pipeline, and said, “We have established the infrastructure that will be able to supply natural gas to Nakhchivan and our brothers living there through Turkey for 30 years.”
Bayraktar, who shared the information that the 4th Azerbaijan Turkey Energy Forum is planned to be held in Izmir in September, emphasized that the forum is important in terms of discussing all energy-related issues, holding intergovernmental meetings and inviting companies from abroad that plan to invest in the two countries.
Minister Bayraktar pointed out that the idea that renewable energy is left behind due to new political developments in the world is not true, and said that investments in energyelectric He noted that more than 50 percent of these investments were made in renewable energy.
Bayraktar, who drew attention to the fact that Azerbaijan has a serious potential in renewable energy, said, “The Nakhchivan region has a separate potential. Especially the offshore wind potential of the Caspian Sea is extremely high. Therefore, it is also important to present this green energy, electricity produced with renewable energy, which has the potential in other regions, to the market and consumption points. Exporting the surplus that may occur here is now a new project before us.”
United Nations Climate Change Bayraktar also touched upon the “green energy corridor” project that was on the agenda at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention (COP24), and concluded his remarks as follows:
“Bulgaria, Türkiye,Georgia”In the project we developed between Turkey and Azerbaijan, a study is being carried out regarding sending the electricity produced in Azerbaijan to Türkiye and then to Europe via Turkey. In a few days, we will sign an agreement as four countries at the annual regular meetings of the Southern Gas Corridor. In other words, electricity transmission lines are also being added to the four pipelines we mentioned. We will implement a new project with Azerbaijan that will contribute to the energy supply security of Turkey and Europe, not only in the field of natural gas and oil, but also in the field of electricity.”
