Turkey-Greece pipeline

Turkey-Greece pipeline

The Turkey-Greece pipeline is a convert|296|km|mi|0 long natural gas pipeline, which connects Turkish and Greek gas grids. The pipeline begins in Karacabey (Kar-a-ja-bei)in Turkey and runs to Komotini in Greece.

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. [cite news |url=http://www.upstreamonline.com/incoming/article138098.ece |title=Start-up delay for Turkey-Greece pipe |publisher=Upstream Online |date=2007-07-31 |accessdate=2007-08-01] [cite news |url=http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/nte73925.htm |title=Turkish-Greek pipeline now complete |publisher=Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections |date=2007-09-06 |accessdate=2007-09-29] The pipeline was officially inaugurated on 18 November 2007. [cite news |url=http://www.ogj.com/display_article/312706/7/ONART/none/Trasp/1/Greece-Turkey-gas-pipeline-link-inaugurated/ |title=Greece-Turkey gas pipeline link inaugurated | author=Eric Watkins |publisher=Oil & Gas Journal |date=2007-11-20 |accessdate=2007-11-24]

Technical description

The length of Turkish section is convert|210|km|mi|0, of which convert|17|km|mi|0 are under the Marmara Sea. The length of Greek section is convert|86|km|mi|0. The diameter of pipeline is convert|36|in|mm|0 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 convert|80|km|mi|0 link between Haskovo and Komotini to connect its gas grid with the pipeline by 2009.cite news |url=http://www.seenews.com/news/latestnews/_hold_gas-155104/ |title=Bulgaria Says Plans Gas Link to Greece, To Hook up to TGI Pipeline |publisher=SeeNews |date=2008-02-25 |accessdate=2008-03-15]

ee also

* Greece-Italy pipeline

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Greece-Italy pipeline — The Greece Italy pipeline is a planned natural gas pipeline for transportation of natural gas from Caspian region via Turkey and Greece to Italy. When it is completed, it is expected to carry between 8 billion and 10 billion cubic meters of… …   Wikipedia

  • Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …   Universalium

  • Nabucco pipeline — Location of Nabucco pipeline Location Country Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary …   Wikipedia

  • Nabucco Pipeline — The Nabucco pipeline is a planned natural gas pipeline that will transport natural gas from Turkey to Austria, via Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. It will run from Erzurum in Turkey to Baumgarten an der March, a major natural gas hub in Austria.… …   Wikipedia

  • turkey — /terr kee/, n., pl. turkeys, (esp. collectively) turkey. 1. a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, esp. Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish brown, and yellowish brown plumage of a metallic luster… …   Universalium

  • Turkey — /terr kee/, n. a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 63,528,225; 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km). (286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe). Cap.: Ankara. Cf. Ottoman Empire. * * * Turkey Introduction… …   Universalium

  • Turkey — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Turkey <p></p> Background: <p></p> Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was …   The World Factbook

  • Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline — The Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan pipeline is a convert|1768|km|mi|0 crude oil pipeline from the Azeri Chirag Guneshli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia; and… …   Wikipedia

  • South Caucasus Pipeline — (also: Baku Tbilisi Erzurum Pipeline , BTE pipeline or Shah Deniz Pipeline ) is a natural gas pipeline to transport natural gas from the Shah Deniz gas field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea to Turkey.HistoryOn 21 May 2006, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Nabucco-Pipeline — Das Nabucco Pipeline Projekt sieht den Bau einer Erdgas Pipeline vor, beginnend in der Türkei bis in das österreichische Baumgarten an der March, wo das zentrale Verteilerzentrum der OMV für Erdgas liegt. Am 13. Juli 2009 wurde ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”