Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept.5
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Albania has revised the timeframe for the detailed design of the gas pipeline between the cities of Fier (compressor station of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Albania) and Vlora, which should be carried out by SOCAR Balkan, head of SOCAR Balkan Murad Heydarov told Trend.
Heydarov noted that Albanian government is completing the tender procedure to select a contractor for modernization of the power plant in Vlora city and construction of the gas pipeline that will connect the plant with TAP exit point on Albania’s territory in the city of Fier.
“It is one of the priority projects in the gasification plan adopted by the Albanian government. The tender results haven’t been disclosed yet. SOCAR Balkan continues to render consulting services. The timeframe for the detailed design of the gas pipeline have been revised, as the Albanian government has made corrections to the process of implementation of the gasification project. The exact timeframe will be revealed after the project’s general contractor is named via the mentioned tender,” he said.
SOCAR Balkan and Albania’s Albgaz company signed a letter of intent in February 2018 on providing engineering design services in Albania.
A gas pipeline will be built between the Albanian cities of Fier and Vlora in order to ensure gas supply to Albania as part of the Southern Gas Corridor project.
The Pre-FEED (preliminary front end engineering design) of this pipeline will be carried out by SOCAR Balkans.
A memorandum of understanding on cooperation in developing a master plan for Albania’s gasification was signed between Baku and Tirana in December 2014.
Albania is one of the European countries that will receive Azerbaijani gas via the Southern Gas Corridor.
The Southern Gas Corridor is one of the priority projects for the EU and envisages the transportation of 10 billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas from the Caspian region through Georgia and Turkey to Europe.
The launching ceremony of the first stage of the Southern Gas Corridor was held in Baku on May 29, 2018, while opening ceremony of TANAP was held on June 12, 2018 in the Turkish city of Eskisehir.
The gas from the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field has already gone through the first segment of the Southern Gas Corridor - from the Sangachal terminal to the expanded South Caucasus Pipeline.
Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) were connected on the Turkish-Greek border.
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