Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has awarded a contract for the EPC of the Pipeline Receiving Terminal (PRT) to Renco S.p.a. The PRT is the final element connecting TAP to the Snam Rete Gas network. In addition to receiving natural gas, the PRT will also host the Supervisory Control Centre.
A joint venture comprised of Enereco S.p.a. and Max Streicher S.p.a. has been awarded the contract for a 36 inch diameter, 8 km section of onshore pipeline in Italy, which will connect the project offshore section at the landfall with the PRT.
TAP will transport natural gas from the Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan to Europe. The approximately 878 km long pipeline will connect with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Southern Italy.
TAP’s routing can facilitate gas supply to several South Eastern European countries, including Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and others. TAP’s landfall in Italy provides multiple opportunities for further transport of Caspian natural gas to some of the largest European markets such as Germany, France, the UK, Switzerland and Austria.
First gas sales to Georgia and Turkey are targeted for late 2018, with first deliveries to Europe will follow approximately in early 2020.