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Albanian Gas Service Company seeking employees for TAP maintenance services

Oil&Gas Materials 4 January 2019 10:44 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan.4

By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:

Albanian Gas Service Company, a joint venture that was created between Albanian gas transmission operator Albgaz Sh.a and Italian Snam Spa for maintenance services for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on the territory of Albania, is seeking employees for carrying out maintenance services, Trend reports citing Albgaz.

The company will recruit 36 ​​Albanian employees, of whom 24 are required to have minimal technical qualification and 12 with advanced technical qualification.

The candidates will be trained and certified by Snam in Italy and Albania in the first six months of 2019.

On 14 November 2018, Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) signed a Letter of Intent, marking the final stages of negotiation of the Maintenance Agreement talks between TAP and Albgaz Sh.a and Snam S.p.a.

TAP worth 4.5 billion euros 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.

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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