BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.19
By Leman Zeynalova - Trend:
As of mid-April the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) has about 160 km stringing, 130 km welded, 85 km trenching, 72 km lowered and 60 km backfilled, ICGB AD, a project company told Trend.
“All activities mentioned above are ongoing with numbers improving each week. Other activities such as field joints coating and field pipe bending are also on track,” said the company.
The construction works on the IGB project continue to progress with teams on site doing their best to secure a more steady pace of day-to-day activities despite the setbacks related to the ongoing pandemic, noted the 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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