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TAP’s construction starts in Greece’s Western Macedonia

07 July 2017 [11:47] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Sara Israfilbayova

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium announced about launch of work on construction of the pipe in Western Macedonia region of Greece.

TAP is a part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which is one of the priority energy projects for the European Union. The project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz Stage 2 to the EU countries.

“The construction of TAP in Greece continues to progress on time, on track and on budget,” the TAP AG reported.

“Thanks to the efforts of the 3,100+ people working for the project, work is now underway in all three Northern Greek Prefectures to be traversed by the pipeline: Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Central Macedonia and –most recently– Western Macedonia, where construction commenced in Pirgoi at the Eordaia municipality, in late June.”

In addition, the concrete foundation has been laid for the pipeline’s gas compressor station in Kipoi, Evros.

Earlier, TAP received as much as 75 percent of pipes needed to construct the Greek section of the pipe.

The consortium has received 24,000 out of total 32,000 pipes for the pipeline’s biggest geography.

The pipeline will connect to the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) on the Turkish-Greek border, run through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Italy’s south.

TAP will be 878 kilometers in length (Greece 550 kilometers, Albania 215 kilometers, Adriatic Sea 105 kilometers, and Italy 8 kilometers).

TAP’s shareholding is comprised of BP (20 percent), SOCAR (20 percent), Snam S.p.A. (20 percent), Fluxys (19 percent), Enagás (16 percent) and Axpo (5 percent).



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