TIRANA (Albania), March 13 (SeeNews) – The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium said it has cleared around 93% of the route of the gas pipeline project in Albania and Greece.
Over 710 km out of 765 km of the TAP route in Albania and Greece are now cleared and graded, the consortium said in a Twitter post late on Monday.
"The top soil is stored at the edge of the 38m wide right of way for later reinstatement," 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 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%.