TAP Selects Technip for a Contract for Project Management Services
Technip has been awarded by TAP a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) Services contract, for a project designed to transport gas from the Shah Deniz field to the European market, reads press release of TAP AG company released on July 21, 2015.
The PMC contract awarded to Technip will cover the onshore portion of the pipeline from Greece to Albania and in Italy. The services will include the overall project and site management, procurement and subcontracting for all the EPC packages throughout the engineering, procurement and construction phases, as well as warranty management and the project close-out. The project completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020.
The services will be mainly performed at TAP’s headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, and Technip’s office in Rome, Italy. Other project centres will be operating in Greece, Albania and Italy.
Technip is the world leader of management of the projects in field of energy industry, engineering and construction.
BP, SOCAR and Statoil have 20% share each in TAP project. The remaining shares are distibuted between Belgian Fluxys (19%), Spanish Enagas (16%) and Swedish Axpo (5%).—0—
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