TIRANA (Albania), March 27 (SeeNews) – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium said on Tuesday over 85% of the pipes on the route of the gas pipeline project in Albania and Greece have been welded.
Around 650 km out of 765 km of pipes are now welded, the consortium said in a Twitter post.
“All welds are subject to automatic testing to ensure they meet national and international standards,” TAP added.
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 across the Adriatic Sea, to reach Italy's coast. It is part of the Southern Gas Corridor 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%.