BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.18
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
There are options that would allow the agreement with Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, which is for a period of 25 years, to be upheld accordingly until the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) is ready for operation, ICGB AD, a project company, told Trend.
“Possible options include temporary use of the existing transmission capacity between Greece and Bulgaria in reverse mode, which will allow flow of certain quantities of natural gas.
However, with its completion, IGB will provide the shortest and the most competitive route along the Southern Gas Corridor for bringing natural gas to Bulgaria.
Furthermore, Bulgaria and Greece are developing the project in synergy with other significant projects that would allow more options for LNG import and transmission from terminals in Greece, Turkey,” the company said.
Earlier, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced that Bulgaria will get Azerbaijani gas from January 1, 2021.
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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