The transit Azeri gas and the developments in the East to West gas pipeline projects

Picture: E.ON Ruhrgas Headquarters in the German city of Essen
By Ioannis Michaletos
The developments regarding the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project, that recently grabbed attention, mostly by the introduction of the German energy giant EON in the project, are to be coupled by the immediate access of Azeri gas through Turkey to Europe. The TAP will bring gas to Italy through Turkey-Greece-Albania. More specifically, the Vice President of Statoil, Mr. Rune Bjornson, has recently stated in a press conference in Brussels that Turkey and Azerbaitzan are due to sign an agreement by which natural gas from the latter will flow in a transit form in the territory of the former.
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