BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.17
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline’s (TAP) tariff is an amount in EUR/kWh/Gas Day/Gas Year used to calculate the capacity charges for bookings of reserved capacity, Trend reports citing TAP AG consortium’s data.
The tariff is dependent on the capacity product booked, and the entry or exit point at which the reserved capacity is booked.
Tariffs are published on this webpage and are updated at least for the start of each calendar year.
All shippers pay the same tariff for the same capacity product, except for any premiums that may result from auction procedures.
In addition to the tariff for the transportation of natural gas, shippers are required to pay usage charges, which include the costs that TAP incurs to procure fuel gas or electric power.
Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG confirmed on Dec. 31 the commencement of gas flows from Azerbaijan. The first gas has reached Greece and Bulgaria, via the Nea Mesimvria interconnection point with DESFA, as well as Italy, via the Melendugno interconnection point with SNAM Rete Gas (SRG).
TAP transports natural gas from the giant Shah Deniz field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea to Europe. The 878 km long pipeline connects with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at the Turkish-Greek border in Kipoi, crosses Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Southern Italy.
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