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Trenching complete on 97% of TAP route in Greece, Albania

10 October 2018 10:40 (UTC+04:00)
Trenching complete on 97% of TAP route in Greece, Albania

By Trend

Trenching is now complete on around 97 percent of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline’s (TAP) route in Greece and Albania, said a message from TAP AG consortium.

This accounts for more than 744 kilometers out of 765 kilometers of TAP route in those two countries.

The pipeline is then buried at least 1 meter under the ground and will therefore be invisible, said the message.

TAP worth 4.5 billion euros is a part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which is one of the priority energy projects for the European Union. The project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz Stage 2 to the EU countries.

The pipeline will connect to the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) on the Turkish-Greek border, run through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Italy’s south.

TAP will be 878 kilometers in length (Greece 550 kilometers, Albania 215 kilometers, Adriatic Sea 105 kilometers, and Italy 8 kilometers).

TAP’s shareholding is comprised of BP (20 percent), SOCAR (20 percent), Snam S.p.A. (20 percent), Fluxys (19 percent), Enagás (16 percent) and Axpo (5 percent).

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