Alexandroupolis INGS Terminal Pipeline
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Alexandroupolis INGS Terminal Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Greece.[1]
Location
The pipeline connects the Alexandroupolis FSRU in the Thracian Sea to the Greek National Natural Gas System in the village of Amfitriti, Greece.[2][3][1][4]
Project Details
- Owner: Gastrade S.A[1]
- Operator: Gastrade S.A[1]
- Parent company: Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD (20%), DESFA S.A (20%), Other (60%)[1]
- Capacity: 8.3 billion cubic meters per year[1]
- Length: 28 km / 17.4 mi[1]
- Diameter: 30 inches / 762 mm[5]
- Cost: €80 million (US$91 million)[6]
- Status: Construction[1]
- Start Year: 2023[1]
- Corresponding PCI Number: 6.9.1[1]
- Corresponding ENTSOG TYNDP Project Code: TRA-N-63[1]
Background
According to Gastrade S.A., the project sponsor, the pipeline will run from the Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal subsea at a depth of 15 meters for 24 kilometers and then onshore for another 4 km. It will connect to the NNGS (ESFA) at the new Metering / Regulating Station near the village of Amfitriti. Gastrade says "the Alexandroupolis INGS will have the ability to directly connect with other pipelines which are planned to be developed in the area in the future, such as the Trans-Adriatic Gas Pipeline."[5]
Alexandroupolis INGS Terminal Pipeline is one of the European Commission's Fourth 'Projects of Common Interest' (PCI). According to the European Commission, the 6.9.1 PCI consists of: 1) the Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal 2) "The gas transmission pipeline will have a total length of 28 km (4 km onshore and 24 km subsea), a send out capacity of 15.1 mcm/d, DN30” and a design pressure of up to 110 bar. The pipeline will be connected to the NNGTS through a Metering and Regulating Station, which will be constructed and operated by DESFA, the NNGS TSO." 3) A Metering and Regulating Station and 4) A Compressor station at Kipi.[7]
Construction on the project started in the first quarter of 2022, along with the Alexandroupolis LNG terminal. Although initially expected to be commissioned in 2022, Gastrade expects the pipeline and all associated infrastructure to come online in early 2023.[8]
In August 2023, Saipem announced that its pipelay vessel Castoro 10 had completed construction of the 24-kilometre-long offshore section of the pipeline.[9]
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (July 10, 2020). "TEN-YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN - ANNEX A – PROJECT DETAILS" (PDF). ENTSOG.EU. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ INNOVATION AND NETWORKS EXECUTIVE AGENCY / ENERGY. "PCI Transparency platform- Projects of common interest – Interactive map". European Commission. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (October 2020). "TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission" (PDF). ENTSOG. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Project location". www.gastrade.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Subsea and onshore pipeline". www.gastrade.gr. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ↑ Ten Year Network Development Plan 2020 - Annex A - Projects Tables, ENTSOG, accessed Dec. 2, 2021
- ↑ European Commission (January 2021). "LNG terminal in Northern Greece" (PDF). europa.eu. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Smith, Christopher E (May 6th, 2022). "Gastrade begins work on Alexandroupolis LNG terminal, applies for second". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved Jul 7th, 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ajsa Habibic, "Saipem lays gas pipeline for Greece’s first offshore LNG terminal", Offshore Energy, Aug. 9, 2023
