Reducing emissions
TAP is committed to supporting a sustainable energy future and reducing the environmental footprint of its operations. Our decarbonisation pathway prioritises initiatives that deliver meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas and methane emissions, improve energy efficiency and strengthen the long-term resilience of our infrastructure.
At TAP, we are focused on making sure the transition towards a low-carbon economy happens in a sustainable manner.
During the pipeline’s planning, design and construction phases, we carefully selected the equipment, operating philosophies and practices to reduce emissions along the entire value chain, meet the strict air quality thresholds and implement the Best Available Techniques (BAT). Some examples are the selection of high efficiency gas turbines with supplementary technology to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide and unburnt gas, optimised control and scheduling of testing to minimise associated emissions.
As a fully operational energy infrastructure, TAP is focused on reducing the environmental footprint of its operations and advancing its decarbonisation efforts through targeted emissions reduction and efficiency initiatives.
Carbon Management Plan 2022–2025
The Carbon Management Plan (CMP) 2022-2025 formed a key part of this approach, identifying main emission sources, establishing greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and defining initiatives to achieve them.
The Plan was successfully completed with more than 50 initiatives implemented across TAP's operations. The original targets were significantly exceeded, with total greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 25.2%, methane emissions by 50.8% and fugitive emissions by 85.4% by the end of the implementation period.
Building on our progress: 2026–2030
Building on this progress, TAP has established a new CMP for 2026–2030. The Plan provides the strategic framework for measuring, reducing and reporting greenhouse gas emissions across TAP’s activities in Greece, Albania, Italy and Switzerland.
It supports TAP’s longer-term energy-transition objectives by integrating emissions management, energy-efficiency measures, climate-risk considerations and structured performance monitoring. The Plan is supported by a portfolio of technical and operational initiatives that will be reviewed and updated as operational needs, regulatory requirements, technologies and available data evolve.
Managing methane emissions
Methane management remains an important element of TAP’s emissions-reduction programme. TAP applies leak detection and repair activities, source-level measurement, operational monitoring and reporting to improve the identification, quantification and management of methane emissions.
TAP participates in the United Nations Environment Programme’s Oil & Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP 2.0), which provides a measurement-based framework for methane emissions reporting and mitigation. TAP continues to advance its implementation and measurement-based reporting in line with the OGMP 2.0 framework.
TAP’s methane-management activities also support compliance with applicable requirements under the EU Methane Regulation, including requirements relating to methane measurement, leak detection and repair, venting and flaring, and emissions reporting.
Measuring and reporting our performance
TAP measures and reports its environmental performance through established internal and external reporting arrangements. We continually review our emissions sources, reduction opportunities and performance data, and use the results to prioritise future initiatives and improve our environmental performance.
TAP is also registered with the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, which provides public access to environmental information from industrial facilities across Europe.