BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.2
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Albanian gas operator Albgaz has invited bids in a tender for subcontractor services for the maintenance of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) section in Albania, Trend reports citing Albanian media.
The bidding deadline is December 28 and the maximum budget available for the job is Lek 420 million (Dollar 4-0 million/Euro 3-4 million), VAT excluded, Albgaz said in a tender notice published by Albania's public procurement agency.
The services should be provided in the course of 36 months after the contract is awarded. They comprise engineering works for repair, rehabilitation and restoration of TAP infrastructure in Albania.
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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