Azerbaijan Gas Export Potential & Related Infrastructures For Eu & Tr Energy Security Issues (Up To 2050)

Year 2016, Issue: 1, 42 - 51, 30.01.2016

Oğuzhan Akyener

Abstract

Due to increasing demand, gas
supply is one of the most strategic energy security issues for huge importers.
Caspian region -where important gas supply potentials exist- has always been
directly related to the huge importers' energy security issues, such as EU and
Turkey.

Azerbaijan as an important gas
supplier country located in the Western Caspian Region, and her future gas
supplies become more important for the importers mentioned above. Consequently,
these importers are forming alliances together with long term plans and
developing new projects to import the gas resources from Azerbaijan. As a
result of this alliance, politically named as “Southern Gas Corridor, SGC”
continues to be developed. In the concept of SGC, transportation of the
Azerbaijan gas resources to TR & EU, SCPX-TANAP-TAP and related
infrastructures are decided to be constructed.

In this paper, after focusing on
the Azerbaijan gas supply potential and gas market, the importance of this
potential for European and Turkish energy markets will be described by
underpinning the annual demand values. Since Southern Gas Corridor is a long
term target, 2050 Azerbaijan gas supply and export potential (in huge gas
projects base), including the infrastructural limitations, will be estimated.

Keywords

Azerbaijan Gas Export Potential

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