Tabriz–Ankara pipeline | |
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Location | |
Country | Iran, Turkey |
General direction | south–north |
From | Tabriz, Iran |
Passes through | Erzurum |
To | Ankara, Turkey |
General information | |
Type | natural gas |
Partners | National Iranian Oil Company, BOTAŞ |
Commissioned | 2001 |
Technical information | |
Maximum discharge | 14 billion cubic meters per year |
The Tabriz–Ankara pipeline is a 2,577-kilometre (1,601 mi) long natural gas pipeline, which runs from Tabriz in North-West Iran to Ankara in Turkey.
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The construction of pipeline started in 1996 after signing a gas deal between Turkish and Iranian governments. The gas deal was signed on 30 August 1996. The pipeline was commissioned on 26 July 2001.
The Iran-Turkey pipeline has been blown up several times by PKK terrorists.[1]
On 1 January 2008 Iran reduced gas supplies to Turkey and on 7 January 2008 gas supplies were stopped because cut-off gas supplies from Turkmenistan. The supplies were restored on 27 January 2008.[2] The supply was cut-off again in February 2008 because of bad weather conditions.[3]
The Turkish section, operated by BOTAŞ, cost US$600 million. The Turkish annual import consists normally 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas.[2]
In Erzurum, the South Caucasus Pipeline is linked to the Iran-Turkey pipeline.