Caspian sea gas to go through Greece

BP, the main developer of the Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea, has confirmed that a gas pipeline to Europe will go through Greece and then under the sea into Italy.

Regional BP president Gordon Birell said at an official ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, yesterday that the project has been awarded to the Greece-Albania-Italy Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, or TAP. — Sapa-AP