#Trans Adriatic Pipeline

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Azerbaijan: A Strategic Energy Partner for the EU Amidst Geopolitical Shifts

Azerbaijan: A Strategic Energy Partner for the EU Azerbaijan has emerged as a potential strategic partner for the European Union (EU) since the dissolution of the Soviet Union over three decades ago. With approximately 90% of Baku’s exports derived from fossil fuel resources, the EU finds itself in need of natural gas to replace Russian supplies, both in the present and for the foreseeable…

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Blaming Moscow, the EU and Azerbaijan think that Russian backed separatists in Armenia are aching to start another war.[...]

The main problem now is with a region in Azerbaijan known as the Karabakh , patrolled by Russian peacekeepers, along with ethnic Armenians who live there and do not want to become Azerbaijani citizens. Karabakh is a mountainous area is in between the two countries, once part of the USSR.

Armenia took the Karabakh region over in a war in the 1990s from Azerbaijan but lost it in the last cease-fire. The two neighbors are still at loggerheads, and tensions are rising at a time when Azerbaijan has a memorandum of understanding with the EU in a lucrative gas deal signed in July 2022. The agreement with Azerbaijan will supposedly double imports of natural gas to at least 20 billion cubic meters annually by 2027. The EU is seeking alternative suppliers to Russia. "Azerbaijan's role as a reliable energy partner is important on the global landscape. By committing to increase natural gas supplies to 20 billion cubic meters by 2027, Azerbaijan is already significantly contributing to strengthening Europe's energy security," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in his address to the participants of the Baku Energy Week conference, which ended in the capital city of Baku on June 6.

In the past 12 months, the EU’s energy partnership with Azerbaijan has become one of Europe’s topmost essential strategic relationships. Several EU member states are already importing and using Caspian gas from the Caspian Sea, where Azerbaijan is located. Deliveries began in 2020 using the Trans-Adriatic and Trans-Anatolian pipelines included in the Southern Gas Corridor. In increasing numbers, Azerbaijan gas has been heading to Italy, Croatia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Romania, Greece, Austria and Bulgaria.[...]

Could the border problems in the Karabakh, once part of the Soviet Union, upend the European gas deal? “Major oil and natural gas export from Azerbaijan is not dependent on a peace accord between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” says Brenda Shaffer, a faculty member at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in California. She is an expert on Caspian energy and a non-resident fellow at The Atlantic Council.

“The results of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan War impacted the security of the energy export corridor,” she says. “Armenia is now deterred from attempting to attack that corridor, as it did in the past.”[...]

The EU sent a civilian mission to help police the Armenian side of Karabakh region. Azerbaijan was reportedly not happy with the EU presence there, according to a report by Politico EU.[...]

“We are warning certain countries that stand behind Armenia from here…to stop these dirty deeds,” [Aliyev] said in his March 18 statement. “The mediators involved in the Karabakh conflict [try] not to solve the issue but to freeze it,” he said, adding that ethnic Armenians living in the Karabakh region, now Azerbaijan, were not getting any special guarantees beyond what an Azerbaijani citizen would get.[...]

The one name that always comes up in this story is a famous Armenian financier named Ruben Vardanyan. He is close to Vladimir Putin [...]

On May 28, Vardanyan said separatists should not sign onto any agreements with Azerbaijan on his Russian language Telegram channel. He brought up the awful specter of the Armenian genocide to win them over. He wrote: (Azerbaijan president) “Aliyev has one strategy — the expulsion and genocide of the people of Artsakh.” Artsakh is what Armenians call the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. “The last line has been passed. You either stand up for Artsakh, or against the entire Armenian people.” Vardanyan has been entwined in the separatist government for some time. On his Twitter page, Vardanyan writes about human rights issues related to Karabakh region and has been especially vocal about the alleged [sic] blockade of a road connecting the region to Armenia.[...]

Azerbaijan’s blockade, or checkpoints as they call them, have allegedly been designed to stop any threats of arms flow into Karabakh. Moreover, Armenia is one of Russia’s ways to get around sanctions. Armenia has been a source for banned products to get into Russia – namely computer electronics, such as microchips used for military weapons, The New York TimesNYT reported in April. Still, for Armenian separatists, the checkpoint is a blockade as it seals off the only road to Armenia. Some say the road is completely closed, and that there is no checkpoint except for maybe official government vehicles.

On June 21, separatists called for an international intervention, saying humanitarian aid could not get to the region because of the situation Another war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is unlikely to stop gas flows, but that depends on whether Europe picks sides. If they come out as anti-Azerbaijan, sanctions could undermine EU energy policy yet again. This is the worst-case scenario. As it is, the U.S. is looking anti-Azerbaijan. The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington held a hearing on June 21 spotlighting Azerbaijan’s checkpoints in the Karabakh. At least one member of the Commission, Hollywood, California Congressman Adam Schiff, called for sanctions in his written statement. He even referred to Karabakh by Vardanyan’s preferred term, “Artsakh”. Maybe Clooney got to him.

Would Washington again sanction a country important to European energy security? It’s done so before.[...]

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is under pressure to protect the rights of the ethnic Armenians in Karabakh, but Baku naturally wants the separatist government and military structures to be dissolved. They want the Armenians there to become full Azerbaijani citizens, Reuters reported.

Azerbaijan denies Vardanyan’s take that they are putting the Armenians through another genocide or that the road checkpoints are designed to make life miserable. [...]

A calm Caucasus is imperative to ensure Europe’s energy security.

Mask fully off moment [25 Jun 23]

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Why ignore committed struggle?

The occupation and direct action movements are nearly endless. Remember the NoTAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline) struggle, numerous ZADs, inhabited forests in Uppsala and forest defense against highways in Germany and so many more across Europe and the world. Considering the state of ecological and climate crisis, employing brisantic politics and “diversity of tactics”—“vandalism” (or art), sabotage, blockades or destruction of coercive infrastructure—is legitimate. This is real democratic participation in matters where people have no vote or choice, only consultation.

Degrowth celebrates mainstream environmentalism promoting climate marches, weeklong gatherings and civil disobedience actions. Yet, why ignore the decades long struggles committed to inherently enacting degrowth within Europe itself? This extends to other schools of thought and academic disciplines as well. Degrowth should embrace and celebrate combative movements, spreading the knowledge of their struggles.

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Apollo inks $1 billion deal with BP to fund stake in Trans Adriatic gas pipeline

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Πράσινο φως από το ΥΠΕΝ στην αναβάθμιση του TAP, με την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης στους Κήπους

Την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης με την εγκατάσταση επιπλέον μονάδων στους Κήπους, στο πλαίσιο της επαύξησης της δυναμικότητας του TAP, ενέκρινε το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας. ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ TAP Σύμφωνα με τη σχετική απόφαση, που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Εφημερίδα της Κυβέρνησης, η διαχειρίστρια εταιρεία του αγωγού, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, έλαβε άδεια πενταετούς διάρκειας για την Επέκταση…

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Πράσινο φως από το ΥΠΕΝ στην αναβάθμιση του TAP, με την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης στους Κήπους

Την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης με την εγκατάσταση επιπλέον μονάδων στους Κήπους, στο πλαίσιο της επαύξησης της δυναμικότητας του TAP, ενέκρινε το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας. ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ TAP Σύμφωνα με τη σχετική απόφαση, που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Εφημερίδα της Κυβέρνησης, η διαχειρίστρια εταιρεία του αγωγού, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, έλαβε άδεια πενταετούς διάρκειας για την Επέκταση…

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Πράσινο φως από το ΥΠΕΝ στην αναβάθμιση του TAP, με την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης στους Κήπους

Την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης με την εγκατάσταση επιπλέον μονάδων στους Κήπους, στο πλαίσιο της επαύξησης της δυναμικότητας του TAP, ενέκρινε το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας. ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ TAP Σύμφωνα με τη σχετική απόφαση, που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Εφημερίδα της Κυβέρνησης, η διαχειρίστρια εταιρεία του αγωγού, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, έλαβε άδεια πενταετούς διάρκειας για την Επέκταση…

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Πράσινο φως από το ΥΠΕΝ στην αναβάθμιση του TAP, με την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης στους Κήπους

Την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης με την εγκατάσταση επιπλέον μονάδων στους Κήπους, στο πλαίσιο της επαύξησης της δυναμικότητας του TAP, ενέκρινε το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας. ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ TAP Σύμφωνα με τη σχετική απόφαση, που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Εφημερίδα της Κυβέρνησης, η διαχειρίστρια εταιρεία του αγωγού, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, έλαβε άδεια πενταετούς διάρκειας για την Επέκταση…

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Πράσινο φως από το ΥΠΕΝ στην αναβάθμιση του TAP, με την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης στους Κήπους

Την επέκταση του σταθμού συμπίεσης με την εγκατάσταση επιπλέον μονάδων στους Κήπους, στο πλαίσιο της επαύξησης της δυναμικότητας του TAP, ενέκρινε το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας. ΓΕΚ ΤΕΡΝΑ TAP Σύμφωνα με τη σχετική απόφαση, που δημοσιεύθηκε στην Εφημερίδα της Κυβέρνησης, η διαχειρίστρια εταιρεία του αγωγού, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, έλαβε άδεια πενταετούς διάρκειας για την Επέκταση…

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The Balkans became ‘critical’ to Azerbaijan a decade ago when Baku threw its weight behind the Trans Adriatic Pipeline. Now Russia’s war in Ukraine has opened up even more opportunities.

Western sanctions on Russia have opened a new opportunity in Europe for energy-rich Azerbaijan, and the route runs through the Balkans.

From statues of late Azeri leader Heydar Aliyev, to infrastructure projects and gas deals, Azerbaijan has sought for years to project its influence in central and southeastern Europe, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s vow to rid itself of Russian oil and gas have seen Baku make new inroads.

In August, President Ilham Aliyev, son of Heydar, met his Serbian and Turkish counterparts, Aleksandar Vucic and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, as the guests of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, inking a new energy deal that could see Azerbaijan pump up to one billion cubic metres of gas to Hungary via Turkey and the Balkans, starting later this year.

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Former Albanian Minister Dorian Ducka Visited Marwah Studios

Noida: The Indo Albania Film and Cultural Forum is set to be established soon, with the aim of enhancing and strengthening the relationship between the two countries. This was announced following the visit of the former Deputy Minister of Albania to Marwah Studios in India, on the invitation of Sandeep Marwah founder of Noida Film City.

The forum will serve as a platform for promoting cultural exchange and collaboration in the fields of film, art, and literature between India and Albania. The establishment of this forum is expected to boost tourism, investment, and cultural ties between the two nations.

During the visit, discussions were held on the potential for joint collaborations in the film industry, including co-production of films and exchange of talent. The Albanian former Minister Dorian Ducka expressed his appreciation for the warm welcome he received at Marwah Studios and conveyed his desire to work closely with India in the future.

The formation of the Indo Albania Film and Cultural Forum is a significant step towards enhancing the relationship between India and Albania and is expected to pave the way for greater cooperation and understanding between the two countries.

Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chancellor AAFT University presented Dorian Ducka with the life membership of International Film and Television Club of Asian Academy of Film and Television.

Dorian Ducka has been the Former Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry of Albania (2013-2015). He joined the international private sector in 2015. He has served as External Advisor on Investments to the Prime Minister of Albania since 2016. Previously, he was Director of the European Integration and International Projects at the Ministry of the Economy, Trade, and Energy of Albania (2009-2013). He was also Director of Project Management Unit for the TAP Trans Adriatic Pipeline. He has founded and been involved in several Albanian and international non-governmental organizations such as the Albanian Free Forum, IDEA Institute. He graduated from the Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta, Cyprus. He pursued postgraduate studies at King’s College London.

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Azerbaijani energy minister, TAP executive director discuss prospects for hydrogen transporting

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 2. Azerbaijani Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov and Luca Skyepatti, Executive Director of Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) discussed the pipeline expansion and the prospects for transporting hydrogen, the minister tweeted, Trend reports. Shahbazov said 15 percent of Italian gas consumption is supplied by TAP. TAP is going to launch the first stage of expansion. The…

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Avviato il progetto TAP per l’approvvigionamento di Gas, Petrolio e altre fonti energetiche

TAP. È stato da poco avviato il processo che porterà ad aumentare le capacità di fornitura e approvvigionamento lungo il gasdotto Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). Le Autorità di Regolazione dell’energia di Albania (ERE), Grecia (RAE) e Italia (ARERA) hanno approvatocongiuntamente le regole per la prima fase vincolante. Il procedimento si svolge in modo coordinato tra ... Leggi tutto

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Gas:Tap,da 2026 capacità aumenta 1,2miliardi metri cubi anno

(ANSA) – BARI, 30 GEN – Dopo la chiusura, il 22 gennaio 2023, della finestra di presentazione delle offerte vincolanti, Tap attiverà ora il primo livello di espansione che prevede una capacità aggiuntiva per 1,2 miliardi di metri cubi all’anno, attraverso contratti di trasporto a lungo termine, disponibile a partire dal 2026. Ne dà notizia Trans adriatic pipeline che gestisce il metanodotto che…

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“More new archaeological sites have been uncovered in Central Macedonia as the construction phase of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) continues to traverse through Greece.”

“Starting off from the largest Regional Unit, and specifically the Municipalities of Langadas and Oraiokastro, archaeological works focused on an area extending from the Evangelistria district to Pentalofos and the River Gallikos. Thanks to these excavations, many archaeological sites were unearthed – particularly in the mountainous areas – that had remained unexplored to date”, tap-ag.com announced on Monday on their website.”

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Offshore Pipelines Remain Vital Energy Links for Many Regions

Offshore Pipelines Remain Vital Energy Links for Many Regions

Sometimes overlooked in discussions of pipelines are those located offshore pipelines, which are increasingly constrained by various factors, but still essential for energy transportation in many regions. Offshore pipelines are comprising metal or plastic tubes, are laid directly on the seabed or inside a prepared trench. They typically transport crude oil, petroleum, natural gas, and gas…