据能源新闻12月31日消息称，阿塞拜疆能源部周四表示，阿塞拜疆已开始通过跨亚得里亚海管道(TAP)向欧洲供应商业天然气，开始进军由俄罗斯主导的利润丰厚的能源市场。
该项目得到了欧盟委员会的支持，作为遏制欧洲对俄罗斯能源依赖的努力的一部分。
俄罗斯控制着欧洲天然气市场34%的份额，并计划明年将对欧洲(包括土耳其)的天然气出口从今年预计的1710-1720亿立方米增加到1830亿立方米。欧洲的天然气年消耗量约为5000亿立方米，主要用于发电。
TAP是价值400亿美元的南部天然气走廊的一部分，该走廊从阿塞拜疆延伸至欧洲，全长3500公里，从阿塞拜疆位于里海的Shah Deniz II大型气田开采天然气。
阿塞拜疆计划每年向欧洲天然气市场供应100亿立方米天然气，其中向意大利供应80亿立方米，向希腊和保加利亚供应20亿立方米。它已经向土耳其供应天然气。
能源部在一份声明中说：“南部天然气走廊将加强全球能源安全体系。它连接了里海地区和欧洲。”
俄罗斯国有能源公司SOCAR的负责人洛夫纳格?阿卜杜拉耶夫称赞向欧洲出售天然气的开始是“历史性的一天”。
分析人士曾表示，阿塞拜疆天然气不太可能改变俄罗斯在欧洲的主导地位，但它仍对莫斯科在该地区天然气市场的份额构成一定威胁。
俄罗斯仍在寻求完成其通往德国的海底Nord Stream 2天然气管道。
TAP的股东包括BP、SOCAR和Snam，各持有20%的股份，Fluxys持有19%的股份，Enagas持有16%的股份，Axpo持有5%的股份。
Shah Deniz油田的第一阶段于2006年开始生产，每年向阿塞拜疆、格鲁吉亚和土耳其输送超过100亿立方米的天然气。
第二阶段于2018年投产，峰值时增加160亿立方米天然气产能，使总产能达到260亿立方米。
曹海斌 摘译自 能源新闻
原文如下：
Azerbaijan Starts Gas Exports to Russia-Dominated European Market
Azerbaijan has started commercial natural gas supplies to Europe via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the energy ministry said on Thursday, beginning its push into the lucrative energy market dominated by Russia.
The project has the backing of the European Commission as part of efforts to curb Europe’s dependence on Russian energy.
Russia controls 34% of Europe’s gas market and plans to raise gas exports to Europe, including Turkey, to 183 billion cubic meters (Bcm) next year from the 171-172 Bcm expected this year. Europe’s annual consumption stands at around 500 Bcm, used mostly in power generation.
TAP is a part of the $40 billion Southern Gas Corridor, stretching 3,500 km from Azerbaijan to Europe and drawing from Azerbaijan’s giant Shah Deniz II field in the Caspian Sea.
Azerbaijan aims to supply European gas markets with 10 bcm of gas a year, including 8 bcm to Italy and a combined 2 Bcm to Greece and Bulgaria. It already supplies gas to Turkey.
“The Southern Gas Corridor will strengthen the system of global energy security. It has connected the Caspian region to Europe,” the energy ministry said in a statement.
Rovnag Abdullayev, head of state energy firm SOCAR, hailed the start of the gas sales to Europe as a “historic day”.
Analysts have said Azeri gas is unlikely to change Russia’s dominant position in Europe, but that it still poses some threat to Moscow’s share of the region’s gas market.
Russia is still seeking to complete its subsea Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany.
The TAP stakeholders are BP, SOCAR, and Snam , with a 20% holding each, plus Fluxys with a 19% stake, Enagas with 16%, and Axpo with 5%.
The first phase of the Shah Deniz field began production in 2006, delivering more than 10 Bcm a year of gas to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
The second phase started output in 2018, adding 16 Bcm of gas production capacity at its peak to bring total capacity to 26 Bcm.