ENTSOG GRIP SC 2017-2026 / Annex B - Project Information

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Time Schedule

Grant Obtention Date Delay Since Last TYNDP

yes

Delay Explanation

Change in the projects scope.

Expected Gas Sourcing Algeria, Caspian Region, Russia, LNG (), Southern gas corridor gas sources; European gas hubs;

Benefits

Main Driver

Others

With the implementation of the project improvement of the transmission system’s efficiency, reliability and flexibility will be achieved, ensuring the necessary capacities and pressures including pressure recovery, bottlenecks removal, providing technical capabilities for transmission of additional natural gas quantities through the territory of the country, in relation to the planned new entry and exit points and opportunities for diversification of the transmission directions depending on the market interest and last but not least management optimization of the gas flows and setting the facilities meeting the ecologic requirements. Thus the technical and economic parameters of the existing gas infrastructure which has been in operation for forty years now will be improved. The project implementation will contribute to increasing the degree of market integration, creating a competitive gas market, encouraging the trade development, ensuring greater systems’ flexibility, risk management optimization. It is directly related to the planned new interconnections with Greece (IGB), Romania (IBR), Turkey (ITB) and Serbia (IBS) and with the use of the UGS Chiren’s capacity in relation to the project for its expansion, most of them labeled as PCIs, and with the development of the significant cross-border gas projects in the region. Their efficient use is related to the technical capacities of the existing gas transmission infrastructure on the territory of Bulgaria to ensure sufficient capacity and adequate technical conditions for the transport of the planned new natural gas quantities. The project was supported at the highest political level, as well as at regional level – it is a priority CESEC project.

Main Driver Explanation

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