TIRANA (Albania), July 27 (SeeNews) – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium said nearly 94% of the pipes on the route of the gas pipeline project in Albania and Greece have been welded.
Around 726 km out of 765 km of pipes are now welded, the consortium said in a Twitter post late on Thursday.
“All the welds are subject to automatic testing to ensure they meet national and international standards,” TAP said.
TAP will stretch from Greece's border with Turkey, via Albania and across the Adriatic Sea, to reach Italy's coast. It is part of the Southern Gas Corridor which also includes the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), which crosses Azerbaijan and Georgia, and the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP).
TAP shareholders are BP, Azerbaijan’s state company Socar and Italy’s Snam with 20% each, Belgium’s Fluxys with 19%, Spain’s Enagas with 16% and Swiss-based Axpo with 5%.