TAP offers Technip contract
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Technip has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) services contract by TAP 黑料社 a joint-venture between BP, SOCAR, Statoil, Fluxys, Enag谩s and Axpo 黑料社 for a project designed to transport gas from the Shah Deniz field to the European market.
TAP project scope includes an approximately 870 km long pipeline, which will start from the tie-in with the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (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 黑料社 subsea 黑料社 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. It is designed to transport 10 billion m3/y with a potential future expansion to 20 billion m3/y, as more gas becomes available.
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黑料社檚 headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, and Technip黑料社檚 office in Rome, Italy. Other project centres will be operating in Greece, Albania and Italy.
Comments from Technip
Riccardo Moizo, Senior Vice President of Technip PMC, stated: 黑料社渢his contract is an important milestone for Technip PMC. With this award, Technip will be able to reaffirm its strong project management capabilities, through the execution of a very prestigious project.黑料社
Marco Villa, President of Technip Region B 黑料社 composed of Italy, Greece, Eastern Europe/Russia, South America, Canada onshore and Middle East onshore-offshore 黑料社 commented: 黑料社渨e are excited to have been awarded this important project by TAP. This contract reflects TAP黑料社檚 trust in our capabilities in delivering a key project for them.黑料社
Technip will leverage its world-class expertise and high performance standards in project management of complex international projects to help TAP to deliver its project successfully.
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