BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 17
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Work on the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) project continues despite the increasingly difficult situation in both Greece and Bulgaria due to the rise of COVID-19 cases, ICGB AD, project company, told Trend.
“All personnel on site are following strictly the measures and regulations imposed by the local authorities and regular testing is enforced. Given the situation, all major activities for the implementation of the pipeline continue with an unsteady pace compared to the initially planned schedule,” said the company.
Stringing continues with over 140 km of line pipes along the route, 110 km of which are already welded, according to ICGB AD.
The IGB gas pipeline will be connected with the Greek national gas transmission system in the area of Komotini and with the Bulgarian national gas transmission system in the area of Stara Zagora. The planned length of the pipeline is 182 km, the pipeline diameter will be 32” and the projected capacity will be up to 3 bcm/y in the direction from Greece to Bulgaria. Depending on the interest from the market and the capacities of the neighboring gas transmission systems, the pipeline is designed for increasing its capacity up to 5 bcm/y for following up the market evolution thus allowing physical reverse flow (from Bulgaria to Greece) with the additional installation of a compressor station. A Memorandum for cooperation between ICGB AD and TAP AG has been signed concerning joint actions in relation to future connection between the IGB pipeline and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline.
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