Albania looks to EU for gas pipeline funds, by Elizabeth Corner/World Pipelines, 11 September 2017
Albania looks to EU for gas pipeline funds, by Elizabeth Corner/World Pipelines, 11 September 2017 Albania's Energy Ministry on Friday presented a feasibility study for a €618 million gas corridor between Albania, Bosnia and Croatia, which it hopes the EU and US will support. Albania's Ministry of Energy on Friday in Tirana unveiled a preliminary feasibility study for a proposed Ionian-Adriatic gas pipeline (IAP), hoping the EU may fund construction of the section of the pipeline between Albania and Montenegro. Damian Gjiknuri, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said Albania had a strong interest in the pipeline project, which could help gasify the country. "We hope for support from the EU and the US [for the project]," he said. The 511 km pipeline, expected to cost up to €618 million, aims…