TAP Is Open to Greek and Italian Partners, Executive Says

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) venture would welcome partners from Greece and Italy after the two countries and Albania signed an agreement backing the project, TAP Managing Director Kjetil Tungland said.

“TAP shareholders are still welcoming new partners and as TAP management we feel it would be good to have Italian and Greek partners,” Tungland said in an interview in Athens today. He declined to comment on whether TAP shareholders were in discussions with Greek state-controlled gas supplier Depa SA and Enel SA, Italy’s biggest utility.