TAP met with a number of Ministers and officials in both Italy and Albania in January. “These meetings have shown that the TAP project is moving forward in a positive direction. All the various Ministers and Ministries have expressed a great deal of interest in the TAP pipeline and demonstrated a real willingness to support the project going forward” says Michael Hoffmann
TAP
met with a number of Ministers and officials in both
Italy
and
Albania
in January. “These meetings have shown that the
TAP project is moving forward in a positive direction. All the various
Ministers and Ministries have expressed a great deal of interest in the TAP
pipeline and demonstrated a real willingness to support the project going
forward” says Michael Hoffmann, External Relations Director at TAP.
TAP meets Italy’s Minister of
Infrastructure & Transportation
TAP was, amongst a select audience given the opportunity to meet with
Italy’s Minister of Infrastructure & Transportation, Mr Matteoli, who was
the guest of honour at a dinner organized by CISAL [Confederazione Italiana
Sindacati Autonomi Lavoratori].
At the event, TAP was able to brief the Minister on TAP’s progress and
specifically its work in the region of Puglia in Italy, where throughout 2009,
it has carried out extensive route refinement work and feasibility studies, and
held over 60 meetings as part of the Environmental Social Impact Assessment
process.
TAP’s Senior Country Advisor for Italy Antonio de Nigris said: “Our
conversation was very positive and demonstrating a real interest in TAP’s
progress and the good relationship enjoyed by TAP with the Ministry of Economic
Development and both the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Environment.”
Members of CISAL include ENI, ERG, ENEL, ACEA. For further information on CISAL
please go to
http://www.cisal.org/
TAP briefs Director for Security of
Supply & Infrastructure in Italy
TAP was invited to an impromptu meeting with the Director for Italy’s
Security of Supply and Energy Infrastructure (SSEI) Directorate, on the 22nd of
January 2010. TAP briefed the department on TAP’s preparatory work for the Environmental
and Social Impact Assessment in the region of Puglia, carried out in late 2009,
and TAP’s pending submission for RNG inclusion status which it plans to submit
this month.
The RNG inclusion is an important project milestone in Italy and leads to the
Single Authorization process.
Robert Klein, Managing Director at TAP said: “The great interest shown in TAP
by the Italian authorities, is a very positive signal for TAP and confirms to
us that the project is moving in the right direction.”
Albania underlines its support for
the TAP project
TAP held a series of important meetings with the Albanian government
shortly after the
establishment
of its branch offices in Albania
. These included briefings
with the Albanian Minister and Vice Minister of Environment, Forest and Water
Administration (MoEFWA) and representatives from the Albanian Prime Minister’s
office.
Christian Falck, Technical Director at TAP said: “During what I can only
describe as very constructive talks, the Ministry complimented TAP on its route
optimisation work carried out in Albania in 2009 and stated that TAP’s work
could be used as an example of best practice for similar projects in Albania.”
In 2009, TAP carried out a
route
assessment survey in Albania
in order to identify the most
optimum route for the pipeline.
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