"I believe we`ll know something more about this by the end of the year," Malacarne told reporters on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti Forum business conference.
He also forecast a 5 percent rise in Italy`s gas demand this year to 70-71 billion cubic metres.
TAP is a joint-venture between BP (20%),SOCAR (20%), Statoil (20%), Fluxys (19%), Enagás (16%) and Axpo (5%).
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