Italy will declare a state of emergency for its energy supplies following an explosion at Austria’s main gas pipeline hub, Reuters reported citing Calenda as saying.
Calenda said the incident in Austria revealed Italy had “a serious supply problem” and underlined the need to develop TAP.
“If we had had the TAP, we would not have to declare a state of emergency,” Calenda told reporters.
TAP is a part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which is one of the priority energy projects for the European Union. The project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz Stage 2 to the EU countries.
The pipeline will connect to the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) on the Turkish-Greek border, run through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Italy’s south.
TAP will be 878 kilometers in length (Greece 550 kilometers, Albania 215 kilometers, Adriatic Sea 105 kilometers, and Italy 8 kilometers).
TAP’s shareholding is comprised of BP (20 percent), SOCAR (20 percent), Snam S.p.A. (20 percent), Fluxys (19 percent), Enagás (16 percent) and Axpo (5 percent).
If Italy had TAP, it wouldn’t declare state of emergency – minister
12 December 2017
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If Italy had the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), it wouldn’t declare a state of emergency, said Italian Industry Minister Carlo Calenda.
