There are no obstacles left to Azerbaijani gas exports to Europe, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said, 1news.az reports.
Azerbaijan will provide gas from the second stage of Shah Deniz in late 2017 or early 2018.
A contract on the purchase and sale of Azerbaijani gas was signed with Turkey recently, the head of the PR section of BP-Azerbaijan Tamam Bayatly told Trend.
The documents approve the final version of development of the second stage of Shah Deniz.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan were at a session of the Council for Strategic Partnership in Izmir on October 25. They signed a strategic energy deal on purchase and sales of Azerbaijani gas, its transport through Turkey and an inter-governmental protocol on energy cooperation.
They signed a transit deal on transport of Azerbaijani gas to Europe via the South Gas Corridor. The second stage of Shah Deniz will provide Europe with 10 billion cubic meters of gas annually. It is a priority project for the EU to diversify energy supplies. The South Gas Corridor includes Nabucco, the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and ITGI (Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy).
