TAP concludes Shareholder Agreement with SOCAR, BP and Total

23.01.2013 [16:09]
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Baku, January 23 (AZERTAC). TAP and its shareholders - Axpo, Statoil and E.ON have concluded a Shareholder Agreement with three members of the Shah Deniz Consortium: SOCAR, BP and Total.

The Shareholder Agreement, finalized and initialed by all parties, stipulates how the TAP Joint Venture will be governed by an enlarged shareholder group comprising of Statoil, E.ON, Axpo, SOCAR, BP and Total as shareholders, TAP reported.

The Shareholder Agreement will take effect once SOCAR, BP and TOTAL decide to exercise their options to join the TAP Joint Venture, taking a combined stake of up to 50% in TAP AG.

The TAP project is one of the key elements of the broader Southern Gas Corridor value chain, which, along with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) and the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), will transport Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas from Baku to the European Union. The Shah Deniz Consortium expects to make a final decision on the preferred European gas transportation solution by mid-2013.

The project is designed to expand transportation capacity from 10 to 20 bcm per year. TAP also envisages physical reverse flow of up to 80 per cent and the option to develop natural gas storage facilities in Albania to further ensure security of supply during any operational interruption of gas deliveries.

TAP`s shareholders are Axpo of Switzerland (42.5%), Norway`s Statoil (42.5%) and E.ON Ruhrgas of Germany (15%).

TAP concludes Shareholder Agreement with SOCAR, BP and Total

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