Saipem Wins Contract to Build TAP Offshore Pipeline

Italian oil service company Saipem has won a contract to lay the offshore tract of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) that will transport Azeri gas into Italy, TAP said on Thursday.

 

TAP gave no financial details.

 

The 105-kilometer pipeline will run from Albania to southern Italy at a maximum depth of 820 metres below the sea.


(Reporting by Stephen Jewkes)