September 20 (SeeNews) - Turkish steel pipe producer Ozbal Celik Boru Sanayi Ticaret ve Taahhut [BIST:OZBAL] said Friday it has applied for preliminary qualification to take part in the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project.
The results of the pre-qualification tender will be announced in October, Ozbal Celik said in a bourse filing.
The project's owner TANAP Dogalgaz Iletim A.S. invited expressions of interest by August 15 for pre-qualification for the construction of onshore pipeline and block valve and pigging stations for the project. TANAP Dogalgaz Iletim is controlled by Azeri state-owned oil and gas company SOCAR and 20%-owned by Turkish state-owned firms BOTAS and TPAO.
The TANAP project envisages the establishment of a natural gas pipeline system from Turkey's border with Georgia to its border with Greece to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe through Turkey.