Transadriatic pipeline
| Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| Seat | Baar , Switzerland |
| management | Kjetil Tungland |
| Branch | Gas supply |
| Website | www.tap-ag.com |
The Transadriatic Pipeline (also Trans-Adria-Pipeline ), the official project name Trans Adriatic Pipeline ( TAP ), is a natural gas pipeline around 870 kilometers long , construction of which began in 2015. It is to be relocated through Greece , Albania and the Adriatic Sea to southern Italy and connected in Kipoi on the Turkish-Greek border with the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP), which is to transport natural gas from the Caspian region through Turkey to the west.
The Transadriatic Pipeline is scheduled to go into operation in 2020. The project is of geopolitical importance and aims to reduce dependence on Russian gas supplies. The transport capacity of the TAP pipeline is estimated at ten to 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. In order to buffer the gas supply in the event of bottlenecks and interruptions, the project is also to include a gas storage facility in Albania.
After the completion of the TAP pipeline, which will be connected to the TANAP pipeline, Europe will be supplied with gas from Azerbaijan from 2020.
South gas corridor
The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline and its extension TAP are part of the so-called "Southern Gas Corridor". The natural gas can be transported to European markets such as Germany , France and Great Britain from the Italian landing station of the Trans-Adria-Pipeline . Russian gas from the Turkish Stream pipeline could also be transported.
The Nabucco West Pipeline competed with the TAP for Azerbaijani natural gas resources. The plans for Nabucco were officially discontinued in 2013.
Companies
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG is a stock corporation under Swiss law based in Baar , Switzerland . It is a joint venture of six energy companies that have come together to design and build the TAP natural gas pipeline.
| heading | Head office | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| BP |
 United Kingdom
|
20% |
| SOCAR |
 Azerbaijan
|
20% |
| Snam |
 Italy
|
20% |
| Fluxys |
 Belgium
|
19% |
| Enagás |
 Spain
|
16% |
| Axpo Holding |
 Switzerland
|
5% |
history
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The feasibility study was carried out in 2003 and in March 2006 it was completed by Axpo's subsidiary EGL . The technical, economic and ecological feasibility were confirmed therein.
In March 2007, the basic planning was completed, including an examination of the seabed and preliminary compatibility studies. In 2008 TAP began the first detailed planning.
The Azerbaijani Shah-Denis consortium announced in February 2012 that it preferred the TAP for the route to Italy.
In September 2012 Albania, Greece and Italy signed a letter of intent to ensure their political support for the project. EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger welcomed the decision.
On June 26, 2013, TAP was awarded the contract to transport the natural gas of the producer consortium of the Shah Denis II gas field, with which TAP prevailed against the Nabucco pipeline .
In December 2015 the Italian Snam SpA took over the 20% stake in TAP AG from the Norwegian Statoil.
At the beginning of March 2016, the European Commission announced that the agreement between Greece and “Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG” is compatible with EU state aid rules .
According to the plans of the Shah Denis consortium, natural gas will initially be sold to Georgia and Turkey from 2018/2019, and a year later via TAP also to Europe.
Construction progress
- 2015: Start of road and bridge construction in Albania, via which the route of the future pipeline, which runs through mountainous areas, is to be developed.
- May 2016: Start of construction in Greece
- March 2017: Protests by environmental activists in southern Italy over fear of the cutting down of hundreds of olive trees and the impact on protected animal species on the coast
- August 2018: 97 percent of the pipeline trench on Greek and Albanian soil is completed (740 of 765 km)
- June 2020: TAP announces the start of the commercial operating phase for the fourth quarter of 2020.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Trans-Adria-Pipeline is making progress. AZERTAG - Azerbaijan State News Agency, February 15, 2016, accessed February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Lena von Holt: Protests against Transadriatic Pipeline: Greek farmers against natural gas . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 11, 2018, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed January 23, 2019]).
- ↑ E.ON participates in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project. Verivox.de, May 20, 2010, accessed October 16, 2012 .
- ^ Presidential advisor: TANAP pipeline an exclusive project of the Turkic states, Azerbaijan and Turkey . In: eurasianews . April 25, 2016 ( eurasianews.de [accessed February 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Southern Gas Corridor and South Caucasus , DGAP eV, October 31, 2011.
- ↑ https://en.trend.az/other/commentary/2776531.html
- ↑ project plan. Trans-adriatic-pipeline.com, accessed October 16, 2012 .
- ↑ Besar Likmeta: Albania, Greece and Italy Reach Agreement pipeline. The three Mediterranean countries signed a memorandum of understanding in New York on Thursday, granting political support to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP, project. Balkan Insight , October 2, 2012, accessed October 16, 2012 .
- ^ "Pipeline 'Nabucco' failed - heavy blow for OMV" , ORF.at, June 26, 2013.
- ↑ Snam completes the acquisition of the 20% interest held by Norway's Statoil in TAP , December 18, 2015
- ↑ "State aid: Commission approves agreement between Greece and TAP on new natural gas pipeline to Europe" , European Commission press release, March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Milestones of the TAP project
- ↑ derstandard.at: Albania will be the first construction site for the TAP pipeline , October 28, 2014 (accessed on August 28, 2018).
- ↑ srf.ch: Groundbreaking in Greece for the new Trans-Adria-Pipeline , May 17, 2016 (accessed on August 28, 2018)
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung / APA: Protest against the gas pipeline in southern Italy , March 23, 2017 (accessed on August 28, 2018).
- ↑ TAP pipeline on Twitter: (engl.) , Aug. 16, 2018 (accessed on 28 August 2018).
- ↑ TAP: TAP to Launch Invitation to Tender for the Purchase of Gas to be used during the Operations Phase , June 15, 2020 (accessed July 27, 2020).