BAKU, Azerbaijan,
March 2. More than 56 billion cubic meters (bcm)
of natural gas have been transported to Europe via the Trans
Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) to date, Azerbaijan's Energy Minister
Parviz Shahbazov wrote on his X page, Trend reports.
"On the eve of the Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting, we met
with Luca Schieppati, Managing Director, TAP AG. We discussed the
next phase of the TAP expansion, the first stage of which was
completed at the beginning of the year, as well as the current
state of the natural gas market in Europe," he added.
TAP provides direct transportation of natural gas produced from
the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea to European markets.
The construction of TAP was completed in October 2020. The total
length of TAP is 878 km, of which 550 km runs through northern
Greece, 215 km through Albania, 105 km along the Adriatic Sea, and
8 km through Italy. The supply of Azerbaijani gas to consumers in
Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria through TAP began on December 31,
2020.
TAP has commissioned additional long-term transmission capacity
under a new gas transportation agreement (Gas Transportation
Agreement – GTA) from January 2026.
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