TIRANA (Albania), August 29 (SeeNews) – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium said almost 72% of the gas pipeline route in Albania and Greece is being reinstated.
Land on over 550 km out of 765 km of the pipeline route is being restored to at least its original condition, the consortium said in a Twitter post earlier this week.
"Reinstatement activities are in full swing," TAP added.
Connecting with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at Greece's border with Turkey, TAP will stretch across northern Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea before reaching Italy's coast where it will connect to the Italian natural gas network.
TAP is part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which also comprises the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) crossing Azerbaijan and Georgia, and TANAP.
The shareholders of TAP 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%.