TANAP

Fifty-five percent of The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) will have been constructed by the end of the year, Turkey's Energy Minister Berat Albayrak

Daily Sabah quotes him as saying that Turkey is successfully moving toward the creation of an energy hub and successfully pursuing a policy of energy diversification.

Progress on the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project is on track, TANAP General Manager Saltuk Düzyol said at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul on Oct. 11, adding it was a key part of the regional natural gas supply chain. 

National Parliament of Azerbaijan Republic approved Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project on Sept. 30.

Azerbaijani Parliament discussed issues including the cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey during the first meeting of the autumn.

The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) project consortium has defined a joint venture composed of India's Punj Lloyd and Turkey's Limak Holding to build a 459-kilometer section of the pipeline from Turkey's Eski?ehir province to the border with Greece.

Turkey's leading steel making company, Tosyal? Holding, has said it will invest in the production of a special type of pipe to be used in oil and gas pipelines in a press release on Dec. 17.

"We will start our facility investment with the planned annual production of 500,000 tons in 2016 and our plan is to complete the construction in the following year," said the company.

The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) will create more than 15,000 new jobs and make a great economic contribution to the participating countries, according to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (Socar), which is conducting the project. 

Turkey and its partners in the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) will hold talks with "one or two" foreign companies for possible partnerships, Turkey's Energy Minister said on May 4.

Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z said he could not name the companies involved, as they were publicly traded in an energy panel in Istanbul. 

Bulgaria and Italy expect a fairer distribution of the burden of migration and asylum within the EU, Bulgaria's Deputy Minister Rumen Alexandrov has said following a meeting in Sofia with Italy's Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova.

After nine different meetings in three days, the 18th Economic Summit ended on April 9. 

In addition to the economy, energy and information technologies, special sessions on economy-democracy relations and the state of humanity and where humanity is heading were conducted. 

Iran may buy a stake in the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Project (TANAP) if "certain commercial conditions" are fulfilled, Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z said April 9.