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The map above depicts the planned track of TAP from the Turkey-Greece border to
the Italian coast.
TAP capacity is designed to expand from an initial 10bcm/y till at least 20bcm/y,
integrating the possibility for future physical reverse flow. The pipeline has links with
other infrastructures in South-Eastern Europe, where it will significantly improve the
security of supply, and is destined for delivering gas to and interconnecting of
multiple markets in Western and Central Europe. All these features make the project
particularly aligned with EU’s energy policy objectives.
The potential for this new gas corridor – to which the South-North Corridor is clearly
complementary for spreading its benefits to the overall European continent – is huge
in consideration of the size of the gas sources to be interconnected to EU end
markets. The capacity of the pipeline is initially destined to be fed by the Shah Deniz
field but can be further used to interconnect other Azeri reserves
6)
and other
producing countries.
6) Azerbaijan has proven gas reserves amounting to 2.55 trillion cubic meters. Including forecasted resources,
Azeri potential can reach 6 trillion cubic metres (Source: SOCAR).
Figure 5.6:
TAP’s planned route
(Source: TAP website)