BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.1
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Right of Way Clearance (RoW) for the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) stands at 132,017 meters as of Sept.29, 2020, the ICGB AD, a project company, told Trend.
Around 108,017 meters of RoW clearance accounts for Bulgaria and 24,000 meters for Greece.
Pipe stringing has been completed on a total of 80,429 meters, with 66,434 meters accounting for Bulgaria and 13,995 meters for Greece.
A total of 44,773 meters of pipes have been welded to date. Around 36,887 meters were welded in Bulgaria and 7,886 meters in Greece.
IGB project envisages the construction of a gas interconnector that will link the gas transmission systems of Greece and Bulgaria. The total length of the gas pipeline is 182.6 km, and its capacity for gas transmission is 3 billion cubic meters per year with the option to reach 5 billion cubic meters.
The route of the gas pipeline is divided into 7 main lots, the shortest being 9.55 km long and the longest - 71.90 km. 106 km of the route in Bulgaria will be completed with automatic welding, and the remaining 45 km - by manual welding.
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