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MANFRED HAFNER<br />
28<br />
by the Shah Deniz consortium, 24<br />
of the total 10 bcm/year destined<br />
to reach the European market via<br />
TANAP and TAP, around 1 bcm/year<br />
will go to buyers intending to supply<br />
to each of Bulgaria and Greece and<br />
the rest will go to buyers intending<br />
to supply Italy and “adjacent market<br />
hubs”. This last part of the sentence<br />
THE PIPELINE-TANDEM TANAP-TAP CERTAINLY<br />
REPRESENT THE FIRST, HISTORICAL, CONCRETIZATION<br />
OF WHAT OFTEN APPEARED TO BE THE “NEVER-<br />
ENDING ODYSSEY” OF THE SOUTHERN GAS<br />
CORRIDOR.<br />
seems to be particularly important,<br />
principally considering that among<br />
the nine companies that will purchase<br />
this gas in Italy, Greece and<br />
FIGURE 3<br />
Russian Gas Supplies Through Ukraine<br />
Bulgaria (Axpo Trading AG, Bulgargaz<br />
EAD, DEPA Public Gas Corporation<br />
of Greece S.A., Enel Trade SpA,<br />
E.ON Global Commodities SE, Gas<br />
Natural Aprovisionamientos SDG SA,<br />
GDF SUEZ S.A., Hera Trading srl and<br />
Shell Energy Europe Limited) there<br />
are some with important activities<br />
in Central and North West European<br />
countries.<br />
In this framework, part of the gas arriving<br />
from TAP could well be evacuated<br />
also to Central and North-West<br />
European markets, notably Austria,<br />
Germany, Switzerland, France<br />
and the United Kingdom (UK). This<br />
eventuality is reinforced by the fact<br />
that the TAP design offers various<br />
connection options to a number of<br />
existing and proposed pipelines<br />
along its route. This would enable<br />
Source: East European Gas Analysis (2013).<br />
24.<br />
“http://www.bp.com/en_az/caspian/press/pressreleases/Shah-Deniz-sales-agreements-<br />
European-purchasers.html
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