TIRANA (Albania), March 1 (SeeNews) – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium said on Thursday nearly 70% of the pipe has been lowered into the ground on the route of the project in Albania.
Currently, around 150 km out of 215 km of pipes on the TAP route in Albania are lowered into the ground, the consortium said in a Twitter post.
“Despite the snow and cold weather in southeastern Europe, pipeline activities on the ground continue as planned,” TAP said.
In February, TAP managing director Luca Schieppati said the TAP project is two-thirds completed, including engineering, procurement and construction.
TAP will stretch from Greece's border with Turkey, via Albania and the Adriatic Sea, to reach Italy's coast. It is part of the Southern Gas Corridor concept which also comprises 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%.
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