The 870km-long TAP will start from the tie-in with the Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP) portion of the Southern Gas Corridor project, at the Greece/Turkey border and will end in Puglia, Italy.
By opening a new route for natural gas from the Caspian Sea region, the project will enable Europe diversify its gas supply sources.
Planned to be completed in the first quarter of 2020, the project will initially transport 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually, and can be expanded up to 20bcm.
Under the contract, Technip will be responsible for onshore portion of the pipeline project from Greece to Albania and in Italy.
The contract scope includes overall project and site management, procurement and subcontracting for all the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) packages, warranty management and the project close-out.
BP, SOCAR and Statoil each own a 20% stake in TAP, while Fluxys, Enagás and Axpo have 19%, 16% and 5% interests, respectively.
