Project Milestones:

• In 2003 the pre-feasibility study for TAP was conducted.
• The feasibility study for the project was concluded by EGL in March 2006, confirimng technical, economic and environmental feasibility.
• TAP's extended basic engineering, including the offshore seabed survey, and preliminary  impact assesment surveys were concluded by March 2007.
• In 2008, TAP entered the front-end engineering detailed design stage (FEED).
• In 2010, TAP continues to work on engineering and planning, as well as securing a favourable regulatory framework for the pipeline project.

TAP's schedule is fully aligned with developments upstream. The pipeline will be ready to transportation natural gas from the Caspian region, when the Phase II of Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan starts production.