TAP set to offer additional capacity to Europe

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the European section of the Southern Gas Corridor transporting natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, is ready to offer the market an additional long-term capacity of 1.2 billion cubic metres per year (bcm/a) as of 1 January 2026, further strengthening Europe’s energy security and diversification of supply.

This additional capacity results from the 2021 Market Test, a process in which Transmission System Operators gauge market interest in booking additional long-term capacity.
To make this expansion possible, a new 15 MW compressor unit was installed at the Kipoi compressor station near the Greek–Türkiye border. The expansion works, which commenced in January 2024, were completed safely, ahead of schedule, on budget and without interruption to ongoing gas flows. Earlier in 2025, TAP announced that it had transported over 50 bcm of natural gas to Europe since the start of operations at the end of 2020. TAP’s current long-term capacity is 10 bcm/a, fully allocated to shippers under 25-year transportation contracts signed in 2013. Both the binding phase of the 2023 Market Test and the non-binding phase of the 2025 Market Test are ongoing, enabling market participants to signal demand and shape the next steps in TAP’s expansion, ensuring that any future investment remains both market-driven and economically sustainable. Through these developments, TAP continues to play a vital role in supporting Europe’s secure and sustainable energy future.

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