21.02.19.
European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, Günther Oettinger, spoke at the meeting of the Council on the Southern Gas Sector Corridor (SGC), in Baku with a proposal to Turkmenistan to supply gas to the EU through Azerbaijan.
Ettinger announced plans to increase gas supplies from Azerbaijan to 20-25 billion cubic meters per year and offered to take part in the project to Turkmenistan.
“Azerbaijan, which produces gas, has repeatedly stated that they are ready to offer their capabilities,if there are energy resources on the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea which can be transported to Europe through Georgia and Turkey. The decision on this issue will be made by the government in Ashgabat, ”the Neftegaz newspaper quoted the European Commissioner. Ettinger didn't specify how the Turkmen gas is planned to be shipped to Azerbaijan,, the conditions for Turkmenistan’s participation in the SGC were also not announced.
SGK with a length of 3.5 thousand km and a cost of $ 40 billion will allow Azerbaijan to supply gas to Europe. The resource base for the project is Azerbaijani Shah Deniz on the shelf of the Caspian Sea. SGC includes the South Caucasus Gas Pipeline (SCP), as well as the Trans-Anatolian (TANAP) and Trans-Adriatic (TAP) gas pipelines.
