Head of SOCAR, Rovnag Abdullayev, told Azerbaijani media that the construction operations within the Trans-Anatolia gas pipeline (TANAP) are planned to be launched by late 2013.
According to Abdullayev, the company plans to start buying land for the construction of the pipeline in 2013. All design and regulatory work within the project are conducted in parallel to accelerate its implementation.
Note, Azerbaijan and Turkey signed an intergovernmental agreement on June 26 on the project pipeline Trans-Anatolian pipeline (TANAP).