Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, said, "The decision has been made to double the capacity of TANAP. We will increase the capacity from 16 billion cubic meters to 32 billion cubic meters." [TANAP is the Turkish section of the pipeline connecting Azerbaijan and Europe and with its current capacity it was close to impossible for Azerbaijan to provide any more gas to Europe, so this capacity expansion project is crucial for Europe’s energy security – GC] –