The Minister of energy of Turkey Berat Albayrak and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (left to right) at ceremony of start of construction of Trans Adriatic pipeline (TAP)
In the Greek city of Thessaloniki held ceremony of launching the construction of the Trans-Adriatic gas pipeline that will deliver Azerbaijani gas to Italy. It is a continuation of the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline
In Greece, the construction of the Trans-Adriatic pipeline (TAP), according to which Azerbaijani gas will be in the north of Greece and Albania to Italy to act, according to The New York Times. The publication notes that the new gas pipeline, the total length of which is about 870 km, will reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian gas supplies.
At the opening ceremony of the building was made by the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who said that thanks to this project a country with an unemployment rate of 24% will be 8 thousand. new jobs. First deliveries of gas through the new pipeline is scheduled for 2020.
The European Commission acknowledged the agreement to build TAP that Athens concluded with the Swiss company Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG March 3, 2016, the relevant EU legislation. The document stresses that finance the construction of TAP will be exclusively private investors, as provided by the agreement a special tax regime will not have a serious negative impact on the level of competition on the gas market of the EU, while the emergence of a new route of gas supplies will significantly increase competition.
Brussels expects that TAP will annually deliver about 10 billion cubic meters. meters of gas, which will cover about 17% of consumption in Italy and reduce the dependence of southern Europe from the current suppliers
«Today’s approval of the agreement by TAP -. it is an important step towards the realization of the project” Southern Gas Corridor “, a key project for the energy security of the EU, opening new sources of gas to Europe “- said the then Deputy Chairman of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, responsible for EU energy policy
In December 2015, Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev agreed to speed up the construction of another. a gas transport corridor – the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP). Its capacity will be 16 billion cubic meters. m, 6 billion of which is for Turkey.
At the same time, Ankara announced its intention to merge TAP and the TANAP, a common source of gas for them will be Azerbaijan. TANAP and TAP total capacity will be 26 billion cubic meters. M.
TAP and TANAP gas pipelines are part of the “Southern Gas Corridor” – the EU Energy Initiative, aimed at “improving the security and diversification of European energy supplies.” TANAP will pass through Turkey and will serve as an intermediary for the TAP, which should be extended to the south of Italy.
Understanding on TAP and TANAP has been achieved against the background of the suspension of negotiations with Turkey on gas pipeline from Russia “Turkish Stream” which was conceived as a replacement for the European Union blocked the project “South stream”. In turn, the “South Stream” should allow to refuse the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe.
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