«Η Τουρκία μπορεί σε 10-15 χρόνια να γίνει ενεργειακός κόμβος στην περιοχή με όλες τις μεγάλες ενεργειακές ροές που θα την διατρέχουν. Από αυτή την οπτική γωνία, η υλοποίηση του ΤΑΡ και του TANAP είναι απαραίτητη», παρατήρησε.
Επίσης, ο Χόφμαν τόνισε ότι ο αγωγός ΤΑΡ επιλέχθηκε τελικά επειδή ικανοποιούσε όλα τα κριτήρια που τέθηκαν, εμπορικά, τεχνικά και πολιτικά. Επιπλέον, παρείχε και την συντομότερη οδό μεταφοράς για το αέριο του Σαχ Ντενίζ.
Όπως ανέφερε, το επόμενο βήμα για τις κοινοπραξίες του ΤΑΡ και του Σαχ Ντενίζ είναι η ανάληψη της τελικής επενδυτικής απόφασης, η οποία θα δώσει το έναυσμα για την κατασκευή του αγωγού. Οι αποφάσεις αυτές θα πρέπει να ληφθούν μέχρι τα τέλη του έτους, σύμφωνα με τον κ. Χόφμαν.
Τέλος, σε ερώτηση για το αν ο ρωσικός αγωγός South Stream είναι ανταγωνιστικός, ο κ. Χόφμαν τόνισε ότι δεν περνάει από τις ίδιες χώρες όπως ο ΤΑΡ, αλλά σε κάθε περίπτωση, ο ανταγωνισμός είναι κάτι θετικό για τους καταναλωτές ενέργειας.
energia.gr
25/11/13
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Τη σύνδεση του ισραηλινού Λεβιάθαν με την Τουρκία μέσω αγωγού προτείνει ο Μπράιζα.
Σε πολλά ταμπλό παίζει το Ισραήλ. Υπέγραψε μνημόνιο ενεργειακής συνεργασίας με Ελλάδα-Κύπρο αλλά συζητά και για αγωγούς μεταφοράς αερίου μέσω Τουρκίας.
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Turkey set to become major energy hub in 10 to 15 years....
ReplyDeleteThe Southern corridor is a historic project that will provide a fourth gas source to European markets, says a key executive of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, noting that Turkey is playing a key role in its realization. The pipeline has been chosen by the producers of Azeri gas to carry the resource to Europe.
Turkey has been a key actor in the realization of the Southern corridor, which will carry Caspian gas to Europe, Michael Hoffmann, the external affairs director of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), told the Hürriyet Daily News in a recent interview.
TAP was chosen last June by the Shah Deniz II Consortium as the continuation of the Trans-Anatolian pipeline (TANAP) to carry Azeri gas from the Turkish border to Europe via Greece, Albania and Italy.
“One can see within 10 to 15 years Turkey really being a central energy hub in the region with all of these big flows coming through. From that point of view, making sure [that TAP and TANAP] are realized is critical,” said Hoffmann.
Where do you place the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project in terms of world energy?
TAP is part of a very historic project. It is part of the whole concept of the southern gas corridor, which is a brand-new corridor bringing a new supply source from the Caspian, Azerbaijan, all the way to Europe. There is one supply source from Russia and one supply from the North Sea; another supply source comes from North Africa, so this is sometimes referred to as the fourth corridor.
From a strategic point of view, it is critical. These are probably the biggest energy projects worldwide. [The project] expands from Baku all the way to Italy; it is probably going to cost between 40 billion and 50 billion dollars. The quantity of gas – the 10 billion cubic meters sold – would have a value in excess of of $100 billion over a lifetime of 25 years; it will create 30,000 jobs. When you think of all the countries involved, it is very strategic and huge.
That’s why you see a lot of emphasis on this corridor from the European Commission, from the United States; and obviously here in Turkey.
Why do you think TAP was chosen over the other two competing projects?
We have always remained very committed to emphasizing the commercial and technical value of the project. A project is made out of three criteria, the economics of it; the technical aspect – can you built the thing – and then the politics – do you have the support of the governments [involved in the] project? If you consider those three elements, our strategy from the beginning was to make sure that, technically, could we actually build the pipeline and, commercially, did it provide an attractive transit option? Could we offer an attractive tariff and transportation cost of the gas to market? We spent a lot of time [ironing] out the technical details of the engineering of the project, so we were very strong on that, which in turn meant that we were able to offer very compelling commercial arguments. Plus, we were the shortest route.
Also, if you look at the market, you can’t build a pipeline unless you have demand on the other side, so in this case, Shah Deniz gas had a lot of demand in Italy, and the companies that wanted to buy gas were prepared to pay a good price for that gas.
What have you been doing since the decision was taken last June?
One month afterward, we secured four new shareholders. BP, SOCAR and TOTAL joined, and we also secured Belgium’s Fluxys. Now we have a nice mix of upstream and midstream companies in the shareholder structure.
What happened in September was another milestone as the Shah Deniz consortium selected the buyers. Some of the gas was bought by Greece and Bulgaria. This is also important in terms of the European objective of trying to ensure some of Southeastern Europe remains part of this grand project.
TAP initially goes until Italy; will it expand to other destinations?.....http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-set-to-become-major-energy-hub-in-10-to-15-years.aspx?pageID=238&nid=58448
26/11/13