The Trans Adriatic Pipeline
(TAP) will be "completed during 2020... with the dispatch of the
first gas," Marco Alverà, the CEO of Italian gas infrastructure
company SNAM, said on Wednesday.
Connecting with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at the
Greek-Turkish border, the TAP will cross Northern Greece,
Albania and the Adriatic Sea before coming ashore in Southern
Italy, in Puglia, to connect to the Italian natural gas network.
SNAM has a 20% stake in the TAP.
The government recently announced it would not halt the
construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Puglia,
saying stopping the project would invoke huge penalties.
The 5-Star-Movement (M5S), which is in government with the
League, had said it was against the TAP in the run-up to this
year's election.
"The project is more than 80% complete and work on the
Italian section recently resumed," Alverà said.
"So we can confirm that the completion of project is forecast
for 2020".
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