BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 14. Access to gas from Azerbaijan via the Southern gas corridor is very important in terms of security of supply and diversification for Europe, and in particular for a number of Southern European countries, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology told Trend.
“With the current capacities of pipelines transporting Azerbaijani gas to Europe, we do not expect significant quantities to be available for Central Europe. In the context of the current crisis, our efforts in terms of diversification and resilience are focused on short-term possibilities of alternative supplies for Austria,” the ministry said.
The supply of Azerbaijani gas to Europe through the Southern Gas Corridor began on December 31, 2020. Azerbaijan exported its natural gas to the European market through pipelines for the first time in history.
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) which is the European part of the Southern Gas Corridor, annually supplies eight billion cubic meters of gas to Italy and one billion cubic meters of gas to Greece and Bulgaria.