(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 23. The Trans
Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) so far covers almost 20 percent of Greece's
domestic consumption, said the country's minister of environment
and energy Kostas Skrekas, Trend reports.
He was addressing the Romanian International Gas Conference,
organized by the Romanian Oil and Gas Employers' Federation
(FPPG).
'Greece has always been a pillar of stability, energy security
and diversification in the wider region. We have completed
important energy infrastructure projects while at the same time, we
are proceeding with the implementation of critical infrastructures
that will further strengthen the energy competitiveness of our
country. The IGB pipeline is ready to operate while the FSRU at
Alexandroupolis will be completed by the end of 2023. Combined with
the new stations at Corinth and Alexandroupolis, which is already
under construction, LNG capacity in Greece can exceed 20 bcm in in
the next 3 years,” he added.
Azerbaijan began gas supplies to Europe via the Southern Gas
Corridor on December 31, 2020. The country exported its natural gas
to the European market through pipelines for the first time in
history.
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline, the European leg of the Southern
Gas Corridor, annually supplies eight billion cubic meters of gas
to Italy and one billion cubic meters of gas to Greece and Bulgaria
each.
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