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TAP issues EPC tender invitation for onshore pipeline sections
Oct. 16, 2014 + + + Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has issued an
invitation to tender (ITT) on engineering, procurement, and construction
contract, which may be split into further contracts depending on the
offering bids, for its onshore portion. The ITT follows the
prequalification process for onshore pipeline construction companies
launched earlier this year (OGJ Online, May 12, 2014). Scope includes EPC
of about 760 km of 48-in. OD onshore pipeline in Greece and Albania.
Companies being invited to tender are international pipeline construction
organizations, including companies from TAP’s host countries.
TAP
plans to award the onshore pipeline EPC contract in third-quarter 2015 and
begin construction in 2016 with work split into five lots, three in Greece
and two in Albania. TAP’s highest elevation will be 1,800 m in Albania and
the pipeline will cross many roads and rivers.
TAP says the
contract for the construction of the onshore section of the pipeline is
the largest it is planning to award. The next ITT will cover EPC for
compressor stations in Greece and Albania, procurement of compressor units
for the compressor stations, and procurement of large diameter ball
valves. TAP plans to issue these in this year’s fourth quarter.
The
pipeline will transport gas from Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan to
Europe. The 870 km long pipeline will connect with Trans Anatolian
Pipeline (TANAP) near the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross Greece,
Albania, and the Adriatic Sea, and make landfall in southern Italy.
Its routing allows gas supply to several southeastern European
countries, including Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Montenegro, and Croatia. TAP’s landfall in Italy allows for further
transport of Caspian gas to Germany, France, the UK, Switzerland, and
Austria.
TAP targets first gas sales to Georgia and Turkey late in
2018, with first deliveries to Europe following roughly 1 year later.
TAP’s shareholders include BP PLC 20%, State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan
Republic 20%, Statoil SA 20%, Fluxys 19%, Enagas 16%, and Axpo 5%. Statoil
retained its share in TAP when selling its Shah Deniz stake to Petronas
Source: Oil & Gas Journal
Christopher E. Smith, Managing Editor
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