"The
signature
is
imminent,
it
will
be
done
in
New
York,"
an
Italian
government
source
told
Reuters
of
the
intergovernmental
agreement
for
the
TAP
gas
project
linking
the
three
states.
TAP
is
one
of
a
number
of
projects
aiming
to
carry
gas
from
Azerbaijan's
Shah
Deniz
II
field
to
Europe
which
is
keen
to
reduce
its
dependence
on
existing
suppliers
including
Russia.
The
520-kilometre
pipeline
is
intended
to
take
gas
from
the
Caspian
through
Greece,
Albania,
the
Adriatic
Sea
and
southern
Italy
to
Western
Europe.
The
partners
in
TAP
are
Statoil,
E.ON
Ruhrgas
and…
