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Land Acquisition Policy Framework 
 
Turkey Gas Sector Development Project 
Compressor Stations 
 
August 2005 
 
BOTA  PETROLEUM PIPELINE CORPORATION
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Turkey Gas Sector Development Project 
Compressor Stations 
Land Acquisition Policy Framework 
 
Background 
 
The Project objective is to increase the reliability and stability of gas supply in Turkey by 
implementing critically needed gas storage and network infrastructure, and support 
BOTAS in strengthening its operation as a commercially run corporation capable of 
accessing capital markets.   
 
The Project will have two components:   
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gas storage facility in an underground salt formation located close to Tuz Golu, 
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salt lake in South Central Turkey, with associated pipelines to carry fresh water 
from a reservoir to the site to leach the storage caverns and a pipeline to carry the 
brine from the site to the salt lake; and 
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network expansion consisting of two compressor stations that are required to help 
transmit the increasing volumes of gas expected to be imported into Turkey from 
existing and new sources.    
 
Land Acquisition 
 
The gas storage facility and pipelines will require the acquisition of approximately 625 
ha. of land and permanent easements on approximately 210 ha.  BOTAS has prepared a 
Land Acquisition Plan to cover these acquisitions, which complies with OP/BP 4.12 and 
has been found acceptable by the Bank. 
 
The sites for the compressor stations have not been selected.  They are expected to be 
located at Erzincan and Corum in east and north-central Turkey, respectively.   
 
Policy Framework 
 
This policy framework applies to the compressor stations and any other facilities 
constructed under the project that are presently unforeseen. 
 
The Corum station, expected to have a capacity of 30 MW, is required to enable 
increased supply from Russia.  The Erzincan Station will have 39 MW of compression 
capacity and will enable the import of natural gas from Azerbaijan.   
 
The stations have not been designed yet, but the maximum amount of land needed for 
each is 50m by 50m., making a total of 0.5 ha. 
 
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Implementation 
 
The land may be privately owned or State land, depending on the site selected.  Once 
BOTAS selects the design and the site, it will survey the site and identify ownership of 
affected parcels.  This information is compiled by the Land Survey and Expropriation 
Department and submitted to the General Directorate of BOTAS for an expropriation 
decision.  This information constitutes the substance of a land acquisition plan for each 
site. 
 
Prior to requesting the expropriation decision, BOTAS will submit the land acquisition 
proposal to the Bank for review and comment. 
 
Once the expropriation decision is made, the land acquisition will be carried out by the 
Land Survey and Expropriation Department following the principles and procedures 
described in detail in the Land Acquisition Plan.   
 
Affected Parties and Entitlements
 
Depending on ownership status of the sites selected, the land will be acquired from 
private individuals or the state, as specified in the attached Entitlement Matrix. 
 
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