Shey says recent events highlight the importance of diversity of energy supply sources and routes to Europe: “The Southern Gas Corridor is important Europe to achieve this goal. TAP’s development schedule is fully aligned with the Shah Deniz II schedule and TAP will be ready when first gas is delivered to Europe at the Greek-Turkish border”.
Boll noted that currently, the Shah Deniz Consortium plans first gas deliveries to Georgia and Turkey for late 2018: “First deliveries to Europe will follow approximately a year later”.