ANKARA, Jan 27 (A.A) - The Turkish Pipeline Transportation Inc (Botas) will make a 560 trillion Turkish liras (TL) of investment in 2002.
According to statistics in the Investment Programme, 15 trillion 529 billion TL was allocated to the etude project invetments that Botas will finalize this year.
Natural gas underground storing etude and Turkey-Greece Natural Gas Pipeline etude are among those projects.
A 103 trillion 820 billion TL of source was allocated to the projects which will be completed this year while use of a 33 trillion 608 billion TL of external loan was foreseen for these projects.
Meanwhile, 2 quadrillion 76 trillion has been spent so far on these projects which will be finalized this year and 878 trillion TL of external loan has been used for these projects.
In 2002, natural gas distribution network in Bursa and Eskisehir will be completed. Within framework of the Eastern Anatolia Natural Gas Main Transfer Route project, pipelines between Dogubeyazit and Erzurum; Erzurum and Sivas; Sivas and Kayseri; Kayseri and Ankara; and Kayseri and Seydisehir via Konya will be constructed.
The Samsun-Ankara Natural Gas Transfer Line, Karacabey-Izmir Natural Gas Transfer Line, Iraq-Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline telecommunication and scada systems are among the projects that Botas is planning to finalize by the end of 2002.
Meanwhile, the amount of source allocated to the projects that Botas can finalize after 2002 was set as 415 trillion 762 billion TL.
A total of 849.1 trillion has been so far spent on those projects which cost 2 quadrillion 862 trillion TL.
The Liquefied Natural Gas Import Terminal in Marmara Eregli and Southern Natural Gas Transfer Line which are planned to be finalized in 2003 are among those projects.
Meanwhile, a 28.4 trillion TL of source was allocated to the Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan-Turkey natural gas pipeline project. Besides, a 24 trillion 889 billion TL of fund was allocated to new projects of Botas.