BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.7
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
About 1,000 olive trees are being planted back to their original location in Southern #Italy, along the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) route, Trend reports with reference to TAP AG consortium.
“The trees were taken care of in a dedicated nursery during construction activities and their condition will continue to be monitored for the next 2 years,” said the consortium.
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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