Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Lot 4
The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project is intended to convey the natural gas produced by Azerbaijan at the Shah Sea 2 Gas Field at the Caspian Sea and other fields on the south of the Caspian Sea, first to Turkey and then over to Europe. TANAP, combined with the South Caucasian Pipeline (SCP) and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), forms the Southern Natural Gas Corridor.
It starts in Ardahan province, Posof district, Türkgözü village on the Turkey-Georgia border, passes through 20 provinces and ends on the Greek border, in İpsala district of Edirne. From this point, it will connect to the TAP Natural Gas Pipeline that will convey natural gas to European countries.
Following the tender for the 48 inch diameter, 459 kilometers long Lot-4 pipeline construction, extending from Eskişehir to the border of Greece, of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP), which was completed in 2015, a contract has been signed between TANAP Natural Gas Transmission Corp. and Limak Construction-Punj Lloyd Joint Venture on January 25, 2016. Lot 4 construction starts at Eskişehir, passes through Bilecik, Kütahya, Bursa, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Tekirdağ and Edirne provinces and ends at Meriç River in İpsala district of Edirne on the Turkey-Greece border.
The project has been completed in 2018.