TAP Opened Up to Potential Partners

The consortium behind the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has opened the project up to interest from potential partners, with a call for prospective interested parties to apply.

Tha announcement is part of a first, non-binding market test, the consortium has said.

The "Expression of Interest" phase, which was launched on Friday, invites all those with an interest in the pipeline to apply to the consortium to apply to participate in the project in the capacity relevant to the interested party.

Potentially interested parties include transmission system operators (TSOs), and government and financial institutions, as well as market operators.

In this phase, these parties may seek to connect to the pipeline, inquire about contracting capacity, or in submitting data to the relevant "Authorities" who will decide the rules, regulations and allocations of the pipeline.

The deadline for registration of this phase, which is approved by the "Authorities"--the Albanian, Greek and Italian governments--is the 10th of August. The closing date for submission of relevant information and data to the Authorities is five days later, on the 15th of August.