The Italian Council of State (Consiglio di Stato, Italy's highest administrative court) has approved the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), one of the main projects of the Southern Gas Corridor. However, the local authorities delayed the issue of permits and several activities demonstrated in the Puglia region and asked the pipe to be moved further north.
The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) aims to connect with the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz-2 gas field to Europe (via, Greece, Albania and Italy). With an initial capacity of 10 bcm/year of gas, the 878-km-long pipeline will transport gas from the Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan to the Greek border (Kipoi) via Albania to Italy by 2020.
The builder and operator of the pipeline is Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP), a joint venture of BP (20%), Socar (20%), Snam (20%), Fluxys (19%), Enagás (16%) and Axpo (5%). In 2016, TAP announced it plans to invest €5.6bn for the project, of which €2.3bn in Greece. In May 2016, construction works for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project have started in Greece.
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