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A

  • Adjacent TSO

    A Transmission System Operator (TSO) operating an Interconnected System.

  • AEEG

    Autorità per l'energia elettrica e il gas. European regulatory framework for competition in gas and electricity markets. The package includes directive... more information about this term

  • AG

    abbreviated from Aktiengesellschaft (German), a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland and limited by shares

  • AGI

    Above Ground Installation, such as a Block Valve or Compressor Station.

  • AGT

    Azerbaijan Georgia Turkey Pipelines project. BTC and SCP combined

  • AL

    Albania

  • ALARP

    As Low As Reasonably Practicable. Term often used in the milieu of safety-critical and safety-involved systems. The ALARP principle is that the residual risk... more information about this term

  • ANSI

    American National Standard Institute. Private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services,... more information about this term

  • ARERA

    Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity Gas and Water

B

  • Backfilling the trench

    Once the pipeline is in place in the trench, the trench is carefully backfilled so as not to damage the pipe coating.

  • Barg

    Bar Gauge. A unit of pressure. 0 barg is equivalent to 1 atmosphere pressure.

  • Bathymetry

    Measurement of the depth of the seabed.

  • BCM

    Billion Cubic Meters

  • bcma

    Billion cubic meters annually

  • BEH

    Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD

  • benthic

    The term benthic refers to anything associated with or occurring on the bottom of a body of water.

  • Biological Diversity (biodiversity)

    Variability among living organisms from all sources including, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they... more information about this term

  • Botas

    Boru Hatlari ile Petrol Tasima A.S. Turkish state-owned oil and gas transport company.

  • BRT

    Brindisi Reduction Terminal

  • BS

    British Standard

  • BSI

    British Standard Institute. Multinational business services provider whose principal activity is the production of standards and the supply of standards-related services.

  • BTC

    Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline

  • Building restriction zone

    20 metres on either side of the pipeline; 20 + 20m or 40m in total

  • BV

    Block Valve. Valve for isolating the pipeline into distinct sections.

  • BVS

    Block Valve Station. These are the first line of protection for pipelines. With these valves the operator can isolate any segment of the line for maintenance... more information about this term

C

D

  • D&P

    Drilling & Production

  • DEPA

    Greek national gas company – commercial unit

  • DESFA

    Greek national gas company – infrastructure unit

  • DG ENER

    Directorate General of the European Commission for Energy

  • DG TREN

    Directorate General of the European Commission for Transport and Energy Network

  • DP

    Design Pressure

E

  • E&P

    Exploration & Production

  • Easement

    A right-of-way agreement between the pipeline company and the property owner giving a pipeline company a right to use a right-of-way for the construction,... more information about this term

  • EBE

    Extended Basic Engineering

  • EBRD

    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

  • EC

    European Commission of the European Union.

  • EGL

    EGL AG, Elektrizitätsgesellschaft Laufenburg, now Axpo Trading AG, was an energy trading company based in Switzerland, which initiated the Trans Adriatic... more information about this term

  • ENGOP

    Excess Natural Gas Offtake Payments

  • ENTSOG

    European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas works to promote the completion and functioning of the internal market and cross-border trade for... more information about this term

  • EPC

    Engineering, Procurement and Construction

  • ERE

    Energy Regulator Entity, Albania

  • ERGEG

    European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas

  • ESCH

    Environmental, social & cultural heritage

  • ESIA

    Environmental Social Impact Assessment. Assessment of the possible impact - positive or negative - that a proposed project may have on the environment,... more information about this term

  • ETG

    E.ON Technologies GmbH, headquartered in Germany (former ENT) is TAP’s technical services provider for the onshore pipeline.

  • EU

    European Union

F

  • F&G

    Fire & Gas

  • FEED

    Front End Engineering Design

  • Flare

    A process system for ignited gas, either waste gas or vented for emergency or maintenance relief

  • FYROM

    Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

G

  • Gas Directive

    Means the EU directive 2003/55/EC of 26 June 2003

  • Gas Transmission System Regulation

    The Regulation on the conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks No. 1775/2005 of the European Parliament and the Council of 28 September 2005.

  • GBI

    Greece-Bulgarian Interconnector

  • GDP

    Gross Domestic Product. Market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period.

  • GPA

    Gas Purchase Agreement

  • Greek INGS

    An Independent Natural Gas System under the Greek Gas Law.

  • Greek NNGS

    A National Natural Gas System under the Greek Gas Law.

  • GT (Gas Turbine)

    Also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a flow of combustion gas. It has an upstream compressor coupled to a... more information about this term

  • GTA

    Gas Transportation Agreement. Arrangement that allows one company to have marketing control of electricity produced by generating assets owned by another company.

H

  • HBP

    High Pressure Branch Line

  • HGA

    Host Government Agreement

  • host countries

    TAP's host countries are Greece, Albania and Italy

  • HSE

    Health, Safety, and Environment

  • HSSE

    Health, Safety, Security and Environment

I

  • IAP

    Ionian-Adriatic Pipeline, the IAP project intends to connect the existing and the planned gas transmission systems of the Republic of Croatia, via... more information about this term

  • IBRD

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

  • IDA

    International Development Association

  • IDD

    Integrity Due Diligence. Means the effort made by a party to identify and deal with potential ethical risks or areas of ethical uncertainty in order to avoid harm to another party or himself.

  • IDD

     Integrity Due Diligence. Means the effort made by a party to identify and deal with potential ethical risks or areas of ethical uncertainty in order to avoid harm to another party or himself.

  • IEC

    International Electrical Commission

  • IGA

    Intergovernmental Agreement

  • IGB

    Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria

  • IGE

    Institute of Gas Engineers

  • IGI Poseidon

    Pipeline project of DEPA / Edison (Interconnector Greece-Italy)

  • IP

    Interconnection Point

  • ISO

    International Standard Organisation. An international-standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organisations.

  • Italian RNG (Rete Nazionale di Gasdotti)

    The Italian national natural gas transport system as defined in the Italian MICA Decree of 22 of December 2000.

  • ITG

    Interconnector Turkey-Greece

  • ITGI

    Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy

  • ITO

    Independent Transmission Operator

L

  • LAS

    Land Acquisition Services

  • LATS

    Livelihood assistance and transitional support

  • LCS

    Local Content Strategy

  • LEA

    Land Easement and Acquisition

  • line locator

    The line locator (role undertaken by TAP) is responsible for the clear identification and marking of the pipeline, using specialised pipeline locating... more information about this term

  • LNG

    Liquefied Natural Gas

M

  • MATT

    The Italian Ministry of the Environment and the Territorial Protection (Ministero per l’ambiente e per la tutela del territorio)

  • MEECC

    Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change Greece

  • METE

    Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy Albania

  • MLA

    Multilateral agency

  • MoEFWA

    Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration Albania

  • MoU

    Memorandum of Understanding

  • MOUC

    Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation

  • MSE (Ministero dello sviluppo economic)

    The Italian Ministry of Economic Development, formerly the Ministry of Productive Activities (Ministero delle attività produttive) aka MAP

N

  • Natura 2000

    Ecological network of protected areas in the territory of the European Union.

  • NCS

    Norwegian Continental Shelf. Continental shelf over which Norway exercises sovereign rights as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the... more information about this term

  • NGO

    Non-governmental organization

  • NGTS

    Natural Gas Transmission System

  • NPV

    Net Present Value, an economic standard method for evaluating competing long-term projects in capital budgeting.

O

P

  • PCV

    Pressure Control Valve

  • PEIA

    Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment

  • Permanent Right-of-Way

    Usually a narrower strip to enable access for inspection, maintenance, repair and protection of the pipeline. The pipeline company shall have the right to access the strip at any time.

  • PFD

    Process Flow Diagram

  • PGA (Peak Ground Acceleration)

    Measure of earthquake acceleration on the ground and an important input parameter for earthquake engineering.

  • PIG (Pipeline Intelligent Gauge)

    A generic term to describe a device that travels inside the pipeline. “Pigs” can be used for a number of purposes including cleaning, gauging and measuring the condition within the pipeline.

  • Pigging

    The process of cleaning or measuring internally the pipeline whereby a “pig” is sent though the line to clean/ measure the inside of the pipeline.

  • Pipe Yard

    The area used for the temporary storage of pipe prior to spread.

  • Posidonia grass

    Posidonia oceanica (marine phanerogam, commonly known as Neptune Grass) is a sea grass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large... more information about this term

  • PRMS

    Pressure Reduction & Metering Station

Q

  • QA

    Quality Assurance

  • QC

    Quality Control

  • QHSE MS

    Quality, health, safety and environment management system

  • QRM

    Quality and Risk Management. Identification, assessment, and prioritisation of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to... more information about this term

R

  • RAE

    Regulatory Authority of Energy, Greece

  • RCP

    Regulatory compliance programme

  • RCP

    Regulatory compliance programme 

  • Re-instatement

    The process of restoring the area to its prior state after pipeline.

  • restricted ownership zone

    4 metres on either side of the pipeline, 8 metres in total

  • RNG

    Rete Nazionale Gas Italia

  • ROV

    Remotely Operated Vehicle

  • ROW (Right-of-Way)

    A narrow, un-obstructed strip or corridor of land of a specific width directly above the pipeline and around the supporting facilities, where some of the... more information about this term

S

  • SCADA

    System, Control and Data Acquisition. Industrial control system: a computer system monitoring and controlling a process. The process can be industrial, infrastructure or facility-based.

  • SCP

    South Caucasus Pipeline (previously termed Shah Deniz Gas Pipeline).

  • SDC

    Shah Deniz Consortium

  • SDII (Shah Deniz II)

    Second stage of the Shah Deniz natural gas field development in Azerbaijan.

  • SEI

    Social and Environmental Investment

  • Single Authorization

    Authorization for the construction and operation of natural gas pipelines belonging to the Italian RNG, pursuant to article 52-quinquies of Italian... more information about this term

  • SOC

    State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic SOCAR

  • Southern Gas Corridor

    The Southern Gas Corridor is a term used by the European Commission to describe planned infrastructure projects bringing gas from the Caspian and Middle... more information about this term

  • SRG

    Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. The Italian natural gas transportation operator.

T

  • TANAP

    Trans Anatolian Pipeline 

  • TCA

    Tripartite Coordination Agreement

  • TEC

    The Treaty establishing the Energy Community between the EU and certain South East European States (became effective on 1st July, 2006).

  • Temporary Right-of-Way

    A strip normally 30 metres wide to enable the construction of the pipeline. Additional space is usually required at road or river crossings or when required by terrain or soil.

  • TEN-E

    Trans-European Energy Network – EU programme

  • TNC

    TAP Network Code

  • TPA Exemption

    Temporary derogation from EU rules on Third Party Access to gas infrastructure.

  • Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG

    The company responsible for the planning, development, financing, construction and operation of the TAP pipeline project.

  • Trenching

    The process of excavating the trench for the pipeline.

  • TSO

    Transmission System Operator

  • TSOs

    Transmission System Operators

  • TSP

    Technical Service Provider

U

  • UFG

    Unaccounted-for gas

  • UGS

    Underground Gas Storage

V

  • VTP

    Virtual Trading Point

W

  • WBR

    Western Balkan Ring