Azerbaijan's national oil and gas company SOCAR has completed the construction of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) gas interconnector, which is now ready to export Azerbaijani gas to Europe. The 1,850-km-long gas pipeline stretches between the Turkish Posof district of Ardahan and the Greek border in the Ipsala district of Edirne. It will export gas to Europe via Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), once this pipeline is commissioned.
Designed to have an initial capacity of 16 bcm/year, the TANAP pipeline is aimed at delivering 6 bcm/year of gas to the Turkish market and 10 bcm/year to Europe. The Southern Gas Corridor (SGC, a joint venture of SOCAR with 49% and the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan with 51%) holds a 51% interest in TANAP, in partnership with Turkey's Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ) (30%), BP (12%) and SOCAR (7%). The pipeline ships natural gas from the Shah Deniz 2 gas field in Azerbaijan and started commercial delivery of natural gas in July 2018.