Technip wins project management work on TAP gas pipeline in Europe

TAP has awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) services contract to Technip for a project designed to transport gas from the Shah Deniz field to the European market. TAP is a joint-venture between BP (20%), SOCAR (20%), Statoil (20%), Fluxys (19%), Enagás (16%) and Axpo (5%).

The TAP project scope includes an approximately 870-km pipeline, which will start from the tie-in with the TANAP portion of the Southern Gas Corridor project, at the Greece/Turkey border.

The pipeline will then go through Greece and Albania, to eventually cross subsea the Adriatic Sea to end in Puglia, Italy, where it will connect to the Italian natural gas network.

The project aims at enhancing security of supply as well as diversifying gas resources in the European market. TAP will open a new route for natural gas from the Caspian Sea region and is designed to transport 10 bcm/yr with a potential future expansion to 20 bcm/yr, as more gas becomes available.

“This contract is an important milestone for Technip PMC," said Riccardo Moizo, senior vice president of Technip's PMC business. "With this award, Technip will be able to reaffirm its strong project management capabilities, through the execution of a very prestigious project.”

The PMC contract awarded to Technip will cover the onshore portion of the pipeline from Greece to Albania and in Italy. The services will include the overall project and site management, procurement and subcontracting for all the EPC packages throughout the engineering, procurement and construction phases, as well as warranty management and the project close-out.

The project completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020.

The services will be mainly performed at TAP’s headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, and Technip’s office in Rome, Italy. Other project centres will be operating in Greece, Albania and Italy.

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