The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (Sofaz) has confirmed that it
will become a shareholder in the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (Tanap) project.
Socar's president Rovnag Abdullaev said at the start of March that although the
Azerbaijani state would – as earlier confirmed – retain 51% in the consortium,
some of Socar's stake will be taken by Sofaz. The exact proportion has yet to be
determined.
It had been widely reported that Sofaz would fund the majority
of the pipeline, as it has funded previous large-scale infrastructure projects
such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.
Exactly how much Sofaz – as opposed to Socar, Turkish companies or the IOCs
taking a stake – will contribute is not yet clear. Tanap is expected to cost $5
billion–7 billion.
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