The Trans Adriatic Pipeline operates a natural gas transportation infrastructure from the Greek border with Türkiye to Southern Italy, enabling interested parties to market gas to several European countries.
TAP provides a direct and cost-effective transportation route as part of the Southern Gas Corridor, a 3,500 kilometre gas value chain stretching from the Caspian Sea to Europe.
Working to national and international safety and operational standards, TAP acts as a Transmission System Operator (TSO) and Independent Transmission Operator (ITO), providing capacity to shippers interested in transporting gas in a safe, reliable and efficient manner.
TAP’s route
The pipeline starts near the Evros area of Kipoi at the Greek-Turkish border, where it is connected to the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP). It traverses northern Greece westwards to Ieropigi, Kastoria at the Greek-Albanian border. Crossing Albania and the Adriatic Sea, the pipeline comes ashore in Southern Italy to connect to the Italian gas network.
TAP’s routing facilitates gas supply to several South East European countries and its landfall in Italy provides multiple opportunities for further transportation of Caspian gas to the wider European markets.
TAP’s commitments
Together with its shareholders, TAP takes environmental protection, corporate social responsibility and safety very seriously.
As one of the most strategic energy infrastructure projects in Europe, TAP is committed to adhering to industry best practices. This includes complying with relevant international, EU and national regulations.
TAP is committed to safety, protecting the environment and the communities living along the pipeline. We operate a safety-first, zero-harm policy.
Our commitment to the future is symbolised in TAP’s role in opening the Southern Gas Corridor, and its important contribution to the development of countries and neighbouring communities along the pipeline route.
Strategic partnerships
A pipeline operation of this magnitude requires substantial resources, outstanding technical expertise, the highest environmental and safety standards, sound financing and strong partnerships.
TAP has solid strategic partnerships with the EU, its three host countries, and the adjacent gas transmission companies operating in these countries.
The EU recognises TAP’s role in addressing the urgent energy policy objective of ensuring security and diversity of energy supply for the region. TAP was designated as a Project of Common Interest (PCI) four times and in 2013 it was named a Project of Energy Community Interest (PECI).
Looking into the future, TAP will facilitate interconnections with other gas transmission infrastructure across South East Europe and beyond.
