TAP to Send Invitations for Tender in Early 2014

The Trans-Adriatic pipeline (TAP) project plans to send invitations to tender for engineering and pipeline contract packages in the first six months of 2014, said communications head Lisa Givert.

"One big part of the project is also gaining access to land and rights of way to be able to meet the timetable for first gas to flow in 2019, but we're on track," Givert said as reported by Reuters. 

On December 17 the Azeri Shah Deniz gas field consortium is due to publish its final investment decision on the second phase of the development, which will give further details on the production of 16 billion cubic meters of gas. The first phase of the development envisages a 9 billion cubic meters production.

"We are closely tied in to that decision," Givert said, referring to the second phase of the project.