As partly funded by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), the “Engineering Studies for TANAP SCADA System and Crossings under Dardanelle Strait and Evros River” action is currently ongoing.

The scope of “Engineering Studies for TANAP SCADA System” includes all compressor stations, metering stations, block valve stations and the central control station. The “Detailed Engineering for Dardanelle Strait Crossing” includes engineering designs of the two pipelines and fiber optic cables which will cross the Dardanelle Strait within the Sea of Marmara. The “Detailed Engineering for Evros River Crossing” includes the pipeline crossing design of the Evros River which is located at the border between Turkey and Greece.

The key documentations for the SCADA designs have been completed and the Factory Acceptance Tests for the equipment are currently ongoing.

Detailed designs are currently being undertaken by the EPC Contractor and the EPC Contractor has made good progress so far. The EPC contractor is getting all required permits for the crossing and the current plan is to start the construction works by summer 2017.

The ground investigation works are currently on going for the Evros River Crossing designs. The current plan is to complete all the engineering studies before the end of the year 2017.

The second year report to show progress and success of “Engineering Studies for TANAP SCADA System and Crossings under Dardanelle Strait and Evros River” action will be presented to INEA by 31st of March 2017 via Action Status Report.

About TANAP

Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline - TANAP Project is one of the prime examples of the successful collaborative projects undertaken by Turkey and Azerbaijan in the field of energy. Augmenting and sustaining their historical bonds of brotherhood with the modern ideal of “Two States One Nation”, both Turkey and Azerbaijan place a great deal of importance in the TANAP Project, which will have repercussions throughout the global energy market. The two brotherly countries, which undertake various giant joint investments, have a long-standing strategic collaboration in the field of energy that has gained momentum with the projects of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum Natural Gas Pipeline. This collaboration will become more extensive with the TANAP Project, which aims to meet the natural gas demands of Turkey and Europe as well as to ensure gas supply diversity in the region.