The Ionian Adriatic Pipeline (IAP) is a proposed natural gas pipeline in

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. It would run from

Fier Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri) is the seventh most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Fier County and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the Myzeqe Plain between the Seman in the north, the Vjo ...

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through

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, and

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, to

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. In Fier, IAP would be connected with the

Trans Adriatic Pipeline Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) ( sq, Gazsjellësi Trans-Adriatik, el, Διαδριατικός Αγωγός Φυσικού Αερίου - ''Diadriatikós Agogós Fysikoú Aeríou'', it, Gasdotto Trans-Adriatico) is a natural gas pipeline p ...

. Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG has signed memorandums of understanding with developers of the IAP project, including

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(Croatia), BH-Gas (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and governments of Montenegro and Albania. In Split, the pipeline would be connected with the existing gas transmission system of Croatia. In addition, it may be connected with other new gas infrastructure, including the

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. The length of pipeline would be . The pipeline would be bi-directional and its capacity would be of natural gas per year. The ministerial declaration on the IAP project was signed on 25 September 2007 in the framework of the

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