BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.2
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Albania is ready to offer the full range of gas network maintenance services for the Albanian section of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), following the launch of commercial operation by TAP, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy said, Trend reports citing Albanian media.
"Thanks to the cooperation with the Italian company Snam, the certification of excellent engineers according to international standards has been completed," the ministry said.
Four and a half years after the inauguration of construction works in Thessaloniki, Southern Gas Corridor’s European leg, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), an 878-km gas transportation system crossing Greece, Albania, the Adriatic Sea and Italy, began commercial operations.
Gas supplies via the Southern Gas Corridor will begin in coming months, Ibrahim Ahmadov, deputy head of the Public Relations and Event Management Department at Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, told Trend.
“After the completion of construction, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) was connected to the network of Italian Snam company. Thereby, the pipeline running from Azerbaijan to Europe has been connected to the European network and is fully ready for gas supplies. It means that the Southern Gas Corridor has been completed. Direct gas transportation from the Caspian basin to Europe via this system will start in coming months,” he said.
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