Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan.29
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Croatia has faced delays in getting building permits for construction of Ionian-Adriatic Pipeline (IAP) on its territory.
“A building permit has been obtained for the first phase of Split-Ploče section, while the process of obtaining building permits for two other phases is in progress,” Trend learned from the Croatian Plinacro Ltd. natural gas transmission system operator.
For other two sections, the process of obtaining location permits is underway, the source added.
Earlier, a source in the company told Trend that the permits for the abovementioned sections of the pipeline would be received by late 2017.
Plinacro Ltd is one of the participants of the Project Management Unit for IAP, which will provide deliveries of Azerbaijani gas to several countries of South-Eastern Europe.
IAP is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Southeastern Europe (SEE) that will stretch from Albania through Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Split in Croatia. It will be connected with the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The capacity of the pipeline will amount to five billion cubic meters of gas per year.
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 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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