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TANAP
The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) is one of the most successful joint energy projects between Azerbaijan and Türkiye. TANAP, starting from the Ardahan region, Türkiye on the Türkiye-Georgian border, passes through 20 cities, 69 districts and 604 villages, and ends in the Ipsala district of Edirne of Türkiye on the Türkiye-Greece border. At this point, it joins the TAP Natural Gas Pipeline that transports natural gas to European countries.
Eskisehir and Thrace have two exit points to connect to Türkiye’s domestic natural gas transmission network. With a total length of 1,850 km, TANAP is the longest natural gas pipeline in Türkiye. The TANAP project was built on Phase-0 and Phase-1. The Phase-0 section of the pipeline from the Georgian-Türkiye border to Eskisehir is 56 inches in diameter and 1,345 km long. Phase 1 is 48 inches in diameter and 459 km long. In addition, TANAP’s two 36-inch double lines with a total length of 37.0 km pass through the Chanaggala through the bottom of the Marmara Sea.
The highest part of TANAP is located in the Gizildag region of Erzincan (2,760 m), and the deepest part is in the Marmara Sea (-65 m).
Eskisehir and Thrace have two exit points to connect to Türkiye’s domestic natural gas transmission network. With a total length of 1,850 km, TANAP is the longest natural gas pipeline in Türkiye. The TANAP project was built on Phase-0 and Phase-1. The Phase-0 section of the pipeline from the Georgian-Türkiye border to Eskisehir is 56 inches in diameter and 1,345 km long. Phase 1 is 48 inches in diameter and 459 km long. In addition, TANAP’s two 36-inch double lines with a total length of 37.0 km pass through the Chanaggala through the bottom of the Marmara Sea.
The highest part of TANAP is located in the Gizildag region of Erzincan (2,760 m), and the deepest part is in the Marmara Sea (-65 m).
The system includes the following surface objects:
• 7 Compressor Stations,
• 4 Metering Stations,
• 12 Pigging Stations,
• 49 Block Valve Stations,
• 2 Off-take Stations to supply Türkiye’s domestic natural gas network.
At present, TANAP has two compressor stations, one in the Damal area of Ardahan and the other in the Seyidgazi area of Eskisehir. The number of compressor stations will be 7 when TANAP’s capacity is projected to reach a maximum design capacity of 31 bn m3.
TANAP in figures
• The total length is 1,850 km
• More than 30% of the pipeline was built 2,000 meters above sea level
• A total of 131,620 steel pipes (circa 1.3 million tonnes), each with an average length of 13 metres
• 100,000,000 people/hour
• The highest point through which the pipeline passed was 2,760 m, and the deepest point was 65 metres below sea level,
• As part of the construction work, 13,000,000 m of excavation work and about 7,000 special crossings were built,
• Commercial gas flow at TANAP, which employed 13,000 people during the peak period of the project, started on the 30 June 2018,
• Carried out 1,000 projects to accelerate socio-economic development and protect nature in districts, towns and villages along the TANAP route through the Social and Environmental Investment Programme (SEIP), one of the largest private and environmental investment programmes implemented by the private sector in Türkiye.
• 7 Compressor Stations,
• 4 Metering Stations,
• 12 Pigging Stations,
• 49 Block Valve Stations,
• 2 Off-take Stations to supply Türkiye’s domestic natural gas network.
At present, TANAP has two compressor stations, one in the Damal area of Ardahan and the other in the Seyidgazi area of Eskisehir. The number of compressor stations will be 7 when TANAP’s capacity is projected to reach a maximum design capacity of 31 bn m3.
TANAP in figures
• The total length is 1,850 km
• More than 30% of the pipeline was built 2,000 meters above sea level
• A total of 131,620 steel pipes (circa 1.3 million tonnes), each with an average length of 13 metres
• 100,000,000 people/hour
• The highest point through which the pipeline passed was 2,760 m, and the deepest point was 65 metres below sea level,
• As part of the construction work, 13,000,000 m of excavation work and about 7,000 special crossings were built,
• Commercial gas flow at TANAP, which employed 13,000 people during the peak period of the project, started on the 30 June 2018,
• Carried out 1,000 projects to accelerate socio-economic development and protect nature in districts, towns and villages along the TANAP route through the Social and Environmental Investment Programme (SEIP), one of the largest private and environmental investment programmes implemented by the private sector in Türkiye.