TAP begins land easement and acquisition process

Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, the joint venture company formed with the purpose of planning and developing the TAP pipeline, recently announced that it has started the process of acquiring access rights to land in order to establish access for the pipeline.

“TAP has authorised its contractors to start surveys for collecting detailed information on the landowners living along the pipeline corridor to complement the existing cadastral data”, TAP partners said. The objective is to identify rightful landowners, establish property boundaries, and evaluate the affected properties.

According to TAP partners, TAP is carrying out its activities in accordance with the international standards of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. This will ensure that all those affected living along the pipeline’s corridor are compensated fairly.

Construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline

TAP will require temporary access to land for construction where the pipeline will be buried, and permanent access to land for installations such as compressor stations and block valve stations. After construction, TAP will also require land easements for the pipeline corridor and safety zones.

The TAP will transport gas from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan to Europe. The pipeline will connect with the Trans Anatolian pipeline near the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in southern Italy. It is planned that TAP will be ready to transport natural gas in 2019.

Edited from various sources by Hannah Priestley-Eaton

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