The Trans Adriatic Pipeline has made 0.16 bcm/year of capacity available for deliveries from Greece to Albania’s Roskovec exit point. The additional cross-border supply capability is being introduced before Albania has built the domestic transmission and distribution infrastructure needed to absorb large volumes. The change follows TAP’s adjustment to the Nea Mesimvria interconnection in Greece.
The capacity availability comes after TAP moved the Nea Mesimvria interconnection to bidirectional operation from Oct. 1. This arrangement allows gas already within the Greek transmission system, including LNG-origin supply, to enter TAP and potentially move toward Albania. The shift expands the operational pathways for gas flows between Greece and the pipeline system serving Albania.
Planned Albanian exit infrastructure
A separate Fier South exit facility is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2027. The facility is expected to be transferred to the Albanian state. Together with Roskovec exit capacity, the timing points to a staged build-out of export and delivery access.
TAP ownership and implications for market build-out
TAP is owned by SOCAR, BP, Snam, Fluxys and Enagás. The development changes Albania’s gas bottleneck by increasing access on the cross-border side while domestic networks remain underdeveloped. Cross-border supply access is increasingly available, but Albania still lacks the domestic transmission and distribution network required to support a large end-user market.
The principal investment challenge therefore shifts from international pipeline capacity toward internal infrastructure, industrial demand and gas-fired generation. The additional route could eventually provide Albania access to both Azerbaijani gas and LNG arriving in Greece. It could also strengthen regional flows toward Italy and the Western Balkans if domestic networks are developed.
For now, available TAP capacity has limited value unless Albania builds pipelines, distribution systems and anchor demand capable of using it. The next significant milestone is expected to be investment in the domestic network needed to turn Albania from a transit country into an actual gas market.