TANAP connected with TAP

Baku. 21 November. REPORT.AZ/ The Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP) has been connected to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on the bank of the Merich River on the Turkish-Greek border by welding, Report informs citing Turkish media.

Both projects are segments of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC).

The total length of TANAP is 1,850 kilometers. The initial capacity of the TANAP pipeline is expected to be 16 billion cubic meters of gas per year. About six billion cubic meters of gas will be supplied to Turkey, and the rest to Europe

TAP, along with TANAP, is a part of Southern Gas Corridor project. The project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijani Shah Deniz-2 gas field to Greece and southern Italy across the Adriatic Sea through Greece and Albania, and involves designing, construction and operation of the natural gas pipeline.

Construction of nearly 74.6 percent of the 878 km pipeline has been completed with 550 kilometers to run through the northern part of Greece, 215 kilometers through Albania, 105 kilometers through the Adriatic Sea and 8 kilometers through Italy. The TAP pipeline is expected to be commissioned in 2020. The initial capacity of TAP will be 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year with the possibility of doubling it.