TAP Issues Tender for ‘Largest Contract’ in Greece, Albania

Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has issued the first major Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the construction of the onshore section of the pipeline, asking engineering companies to present their projects for the 760 km onshore pipeline in Greece and Albania.  

TAP’s Procurement Director Knut Steinar Kvindesland said it is the largest contract that the company intends to award. 

‘Companies being invited to tender are international pipeline construction organisations, including companies from TAP’s host countries,’ TAP commented in a note released on Wednesday.  

According to the company, the contract should be awarded in the third quarter of 2015.

‘The next Invitation to Tenders (ITT) that will be issued by TAP are the 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 ITTs in the fourth quarter of 2014.’ 

TAP will transport natural gas from the giant Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan to Europe. The approximately 870 km long pipeline will connect with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) near the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Southern Italy.