Turkey-Greece pipeline

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The Turkey-Greece pipeline is a 296 kilometres (184 mi) long natural gas pipeline, which connects Turkish and Greek gas grids. The pipeline begins in Karatchabep in Turkey and runs to Komotini in Greece.

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[edit] History

The agreement between Turkish gas company BOTAŞ and Greek gas company DEPA was signed on 28 March 2002. The intergovernmental agreement to build a natural gas pipeline between countries was signed on 23 December 2003 in Ankara. The foundation of pipeline was laid on 3 July 2005 by the prime ministers Kostas Karamanlis and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It was completed in September 2007.[1][2] The pipeline was officially inaugurated on 18 November 2007.[3]

[edit] Technical description

The length of Turkish section is 210 kilometres (130 mi), of which 17 kilometres (11 mi) are under the Marmara Sea. The length of Greek section is 86 kilometres (53 mi). The diameter of pipeline is 36 inches (914 mm) and the capacity is 7 billion cubic meter (bcm) of natural gas per annum. In 2012 the capacity will be expanded to 11 bcm, of which 8 bcm will be delivered to Italy after Greece-Italy pipeline is becoming operational. Also proposed West Balkan pipeline and Trans-Adriatic Pipeline are planned to be supplied from the Turkey-Greece pipeline. Bulgaria has announced a plan to build an 80 kilometres (50 mi) link between Haskovo and Komotini to connect its gas grid with the pipeline by 2009.[4]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Start-up delay for Turkey-Greece pipe", Upstream Online, 2007-07-31. Retrieved on 2007-08-01. 
  2. ^ "Turkish-Greek pipeline now complete", Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections, 2007-09-06. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
  3. ^ Eric Watkins. "Greece-Turkey gas pipeline link inaugurated", Oil & Gas Journal, 2007-11-20. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. 
  4. ^ "Bulgaria Says Plans Gas Link to Greece, To Hook up to TGI Pipeline", SeeNews, 2008-02-25. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.