The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic announced it signed contracts in Turkey for the construction of the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline. SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev signed the documents in Ankara with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz . The contract calls for a consortium of Turkish companies, and one Chinese contractor, to provide pipes for the TANAP pipeline . “TANAP is not only an energy project, but also a huge peace project,” the Turkish prime minister said in a statement Tuesday. “It builds a peace bridge between the Balkans and Caucasus.” TANAP will transport natural gas from the Shah Deniz complex off the coast of Azerbaijan through Turkey to the Greek border. British energy company BP leads the group that […]