Michele is a Senior Executive with many years of experience working in the Italian infrastructure sector, having built a career of over 40 years at the Italian State Railways Company, Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).
Most recently Michele held the position of CEO for FS from 2014 – 2015 and from 2006 – 2014, as CEO for Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (the infrastructure managing company for FS).
TAP project envisages transportation of gas from the Stage 2 of development of Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas and condensate field to the EU countries.
The 870-kilometer pipeline will be connected to the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) on the Turkish-Greek border, run through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Italy’s south.
TAP’s initial capacity will be 10 billion cubic meters of gas a year, expandable to 20 billion cubic meters. The pipeline’s construction is planned to start in mid-2016.
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