Presentation: Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) – The European leg of the Southern Gas Corridor Shkelqim Bozgo, Country Manager for Albania, Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)

1. Presentation: Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) – The
European leg of the Southern Gas Corridor
Shkelqim Bozgo, Country Manager for Albania, Trans
Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)

2. TAP – the European Leg of the Southern Gas
Corridor
Shkelqim Bozgo, TAP Country Manager Albania
Albania Oil, Gas & Energy Summit 2015
Tirana, 17 March 2015

3. Southern Gas Corridor
Paving the Way to Europe’s Energy Security
• Investment of approx. USD 45 bln
• Crossing six countries – 3,500 km
• Nine energy companies involved
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4. TAP's key features
• Designed to expand from 10 to 20 bcm/a (plus)
• 870 km in length (105 km offshore)
• 48” onshore, 36” offshore
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Aligned with EU’s energy policy objectives
TAP – the European Leg of the Southern Gas Corridor

5. TAP’s shareholders
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Supported by major energy companies
SOCAR
(20%)
BP
(20%)
Statoil
(20%)
Fluxys
(19%)
Enagás
(16%)
Axpo
(5%)
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6. TAP will bring supplies of Caspian gas to European markets
TAP will connect to the
Italian natural gas grid to
provide firm capacity at the
Italian virtual trading point
(PSV), from which all Italian
gas exit points can be
reached
Caspian gas can then
ultimately be delivered to:
• Austria
• Germany and France (via
Switzerland)
• N.W EU markets
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7. Cooperation in SEE – Facilitating connections in the region
IGB
• IGB is designed to connect Greece
(Komotini) to Bulgaria (Stara Zagora).
• Planned Capacity: up to 3 bcma (option for
capacity increase to 5 bcma)
IAP
• TAP-IAP Joint Working Groups
• Planned Capacity: up to 5 bcma
• Feasibility Study is being developed by
WBIF-COWI-IPF** Consortium.
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** WBIF/COWI IPF Consortium is the Technical Assistance Contractor contracted by the EU to implement the EU funded Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF)
Infrastructure Projects' Facility (IPF)
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8. TAP in Albania
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9. From project planning to implementation
• Access roads: 110km (new and upgraded)
• Bridges: 50 refurbished and 2 new
• 9,000 plots of land
• 8 block valve stations (BVS)
• Crossing 570 roads, 440 rivers & railway (major and
minor crossings)
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10. Local engagement
• 7 pillar community investment programme
 Upgrade of 5 social facilities
• 130 meetings (ESIA disclosure)
• 60 meetings in the frame of implementation
processes (LEA disclosure, compensation
values disclosure) attended by over 1,000
participants.
• Around 13,000 individual owner meetings in
the frame of Pre-census & Asset Inventory.
• Business networking event with over 110
local companies (January 2015 – Tirana)
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11. Benefits
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Construction
Direct
benefits
Sourcing
locally
Induced
benefits
Operations
Direct
benefits
Induced
benefits
Taxes Gas exit
capacities
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12. What’s next for TAP?
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Schedule to completion
Pipeline construction
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Q4 2013
TAP’s Resolution
to Construct
Q4 2013
Shah Deniz 2 Final
Investment
Decision
End 2015
Final Contract
Award
2020
First Gas / TAP
starts operations
Q2 2013
TAP selected
by SDC
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13. Pre-qualification ongoing
Pre-qualification (PQ) process for interested suppliers checks capability,
capacity and availability of goods and services in the market:
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Status
• Construction and rehabilitation of
access roads and bridges in Albania
PQ completed, ITT issued April
2014
• Line pipes, casing pipes and bends
(onshore and offshore)
PQ (onshore) launched Dec 2014
PQ (offshore) launched Feb 2015
• Large diameter ball valves PQ complete, ITT issued Dec 2014
• SCADA systems PQ to be launched
• Turbo compressors PQ complete, ITT issued Dec 2014
• Fibre optic cable PQ to be launched
• Onshore pipeline construction PQ complete, ITT issued Oct 2014
• Compressor stations PQ complete, ITT issued Nov 2014
• Offshore pipeline construction PQ launched Feb 2015
• Pipeline receiving terminal (PRT)
and pipeline construction
PQ to be launched
Early works
contracts
Company
Provided
Items (CPI)
Engineering,
Procurement
and
Construction
(EPC)
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14. LEA (Land Easement & Acquisition) process
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Transparent, Auditable, Compliant
LEA
preparation
Secure
land access
Audit and
closure
2012 – 2015
– Determine social and environmental
baseline
– Define compensations framework
and methodology
– Disbursement to landowners
2016 – 2019
– Monitoring
– Implement Right of Way
– Compensate for unforeseen damages
2020
– Land restoration
process monitoring
– Audit & Close-out
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Construction & Land
restauration

15. Key elements for successful construction
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Reputation
Legacy
ScheduleSafety
Cost

16. Thank you
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