Istanbul – The Florentine company Nuovo Pignone, leader of the Oil and Gas division of the American multinational General Electric, has been awarded a contract worth 70 million euro for the delivery of the first two compression stations of the Tanap, the trans-Anatolian gas pipeline long 1,850 km that with bring Caspian gas to Europe using the Tap connection. This contract marks a new success for Italy in the energy sector, of which Turkey is investing huge amounts of capital, with the goal of turning the Country into the main transit hub for natural gas in the Mediterranean. (9Colonne)
