[stanleyoulsen]

Here is the deal. Azerbaijan really wants to be Europe's energy supplier and that's why it started the TAP project. At the moment it stuck in Italy because local authorities defend the olive trees that will be destroyed if the pipe goes through Apulia.
https://topbuzz.com/@kellylogan/trans-adriatic-pipeline-project-stalled-as-italian-apulia-stays-uncooperative-BAJAysXxqlg
As for me, I believe the construction delay will significantly increase the cost of the whole project and that is not good for the consumers and investors. So what Azerbaijan will do next? Is that project alive or it will repeat the fate of the Nabucco?

[ROCKMAN]

And speaking of local opposition to NG pipelines:

Italy Court Halts TAP Pipeline Work In Italy

Reuters - An Italian administrative court has halted work to remove olive trees standing in the path of a strategic pipeline that will bring central Asian gas into Europe, in a move that could further delay the project, a document showed. The court accepted a request by the regional government of Italy's southern Apulia region to suspend permits allowing developers to remove the trees.

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the end piece of the $40 billion Southern Gas Corridor, is slated to bring 10 billion cubic metres of gas from Azerbaijan into the small Italian seaside town of San Foca in Apulia by 2020. But opposition from the local town council and the regional authority has caused delays and raised some concerns about it being re-routed. Last week a top Italian court gave the green light to building the pipeline."

And no doubt those uprooted olive trees will prove to be the most expensive ones in Italy...if not in the entire Med region. LOL. Just a guess but given it's a $40 BILLION project I suspect they can easily absorb the tree damage bill.

[vtsnowedin]

They should just directional bore underneath the olive orchards and leave the trees be.

[ROCKMAN]

vt - I've done more then a few road bores. They could give the tree owners 100 years of revenue from those trees and it would still be cheaper then boring.

[sparky]

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The Southern gas corridor is one of the piece of Europe pipeline-istan geopolitics ,
international gas trading is Very important in Europe , plenty of angst about it

there also is the fact that Italy PSV gas hub price are some of the most corrupt of Europe
with price jumps based on supply restrictions by the operator ,Snam Rete Gas ,

it's a golden goose which keep giving .
should the gas be plentiful , price ( and profit margins ) would be under pressure

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ROCKMAN', 'v')t - I've done more then a few road bores. They could give the tree owners 100 years of revenue from those trees and it would still be cheaper then boring.

[ROCKMAN]

Gas - Good info...thanks. Another important factor: when I've done road bores the equipment typically came from 100 miles away...or less. Where would the pipeline bore equipment come from: locally, in Italy, from overseas? I would think some is in-country. But it many small jobs the mobilization and demob can be proportionally rather large.

Last time I saw an floating drill rig mobed from Africa to Brazil it cost $54 MILLION. LOL.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')Where would the pipeline bore equipment come from: locally, in Italy, from overseas?

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', '
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This is interesting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWU8qaHdNYI

Gas