Ionian Adriatic Gas Pipeline
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Ionian Adriatic Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline.[1]
Location
The proposed pipeline would run from Fier, Albania through Montenegro and coastal Croatia, ending at Split, Croatia.[2][3]
Project Details
- Operator: Plinacro, Montenegro Bonus, Albpetrol, BH-Gas[4]
- Parent Company: Plinacro, Montenegro Bonus, Albpetrol, BH-Gas
- Current capacity:
- Proposed capacity: 5 bcm/y[5]
- Length: 540 kilometers / 335.6 miles[6]
- Diameter: 800 mm / 31.5 inches[6]
- Cost: €586 million (US$668 million)[4]
- Financing:
- Status: Proposed
- Start Year: 2025[6][9][5]
- Associated projects: Trans Adriatic Pipeline, Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline[10]
- Identifiers:
Background
The Ionian Adriatic Pipeline (IAP) is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Southeast Europe. It would run from Fier in Albania through Montenegro, then traversing coastal Croatia to Split, Croatia.[3] Bosnia and Herzegovina, which historically has received gas only from Russian sources, is hoping to take gas from IAP in Croatia.[12]
In Fier, IAP would be connected with the Trans-Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP). Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG has signed memoranda of understanding with developers of the IAP project, including Plinacro (Croatia), BH-Gas (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and the governments of Montenegro and Albania.[13][14][15]
In Split, the pipeline would be connected with the existing gas transmission system of Croatia. In addition, it may be connected with other new gas infrastructure, including the proposed Adria LNG terminal in Krk.[13][14]
The length of the pipeline would be 516 km (321 mi). The pipeline would be bi-directional and its capacity would be 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year.[13][14]
The ministerial declaration on the IAP project was signed on 25 September 2007 in the framework of the Energy Community.[16]
In February 2017, the Western Balkan Investment Framework (WBIF), a joint initiative of the EU, financial institutions, bilateral donors and the governments of the Western Balkans, gave a grant of €2.5 million for design of the pipeline to the governments of Montenegro and Albania.[7] In February 2018 it was announced that a new company will be created for implementation of the pipeline project, according to a letter of intent signed by Plinacro (Croatia), Albgaz (Albania) and Montenegro Bonus (Montenegro), Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR.[17]
In November 2019 planning began on the South Interconnection BH-Croatia Gas Pipeline, which would follow roughly the same route through Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as the IAP.[18]
In September 2019, Montenegro Bonus, Albgaz, BH-Gas and Plinacro agreed to establish a joint venture for gas pipeline construction.[19]
In June 2020, the Montenegrin Ministry of Economy acknowledged that progress on developing the project had slowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] Citing delays in the project's development since the signing of the ministerial declaration in 2007, S&P Global reported in December 2020 that the project remains on the drawing board. The European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, expressed interest in extending the Southern Gas Corridor to the Western Balkans, via the now operating TAP project.[21]
As of August 2021, Energy Community, an international organization, expects the tendering and construction to begin in 2023.[9] In November 2021, it was reported that Azerbaijan is prepared to help connect Bosnia and Herzegovina to IAP.[22]
In February 2022, it was reported that Plinacro intends to establish in Split a project company for the pipeline involving the four project promoters. While there have been some delays in the project's implementation owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and market circumstances, construction permits for some pipeline sections in Croatia are reported to have been issued, and project concepts have been prepared in Albania and Montenegro. Of the pipeline's 5 bcm/y capacity, Albania is expected to take 1 bcm/y, Montenegro would take 0.5 bcm/y, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina would take 1 bcm/y and Croatia would take 2.5 bcm/y for its own needs and the needs of countries in central and eastern Europe.[23][12]
The pipeline's European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) project code is TRA-A-68. According to the ENTSOG 2020 TYNDP, it is a part of the "EAST 16b" and "SGC 02b" project groups.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Ionian Adriatic Pipeline, Wikipedia, accessed April 2018
- ↑ European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (October 2020). "TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission" (PDF). ENTSOG. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Western Balkans Gas Infrastructure Workshop (May 24, 2018). "IONIAN ADRIATIC PIPELINE – IAP" (PDF). Energy Community. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Eastern Europe Natural Gas Partnership (May 26, 2021). "Catalog of Potential Eastern European Natural Gas Investment Projects in Support of the Three Seas Initiative" (PDF). United States Energy Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "PLINACRO d.o.o. - Operator plinskoga transportnog sustava - Ionian-Adriatic Pipeline (IAP)". www.plinacro.hr. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (July 10, 2020). "Current TYNDP : TYNDP 2020 - Annex A" (PDF). ENTSOG. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Implementation of the IAP project is to begin in the second quarter of 2017, New Europe, Feb. 23, 2018
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Western Balkan Investment Framework. "Ionian-Adriatic Pipeline (IAP)". WBIF. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Gas_16 / Ionian Adriatic Pipeline (Fier, AL - Split, HR)". www.energy-community.org. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ Bulgartransgaz EAD (March 2020). "2020 - 2029 TEN-YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF BULGARTRANSGAZ EAD" (PDF). bulgartransgaz.bg. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Arar, Ivica (2020). "Desetogodišnji plan razvoja PTS 2021-2030" (PDF). plinacro. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 Zeljko Trkanjec, Split designated as HQ for the Ionian Adriatic Pipeline, EurActiv, Feb. 4, 2022
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Badalova, A. (2011-07-25). "TAP, Albania Consider Linking Pipelines". Downstream Today. Trend News Agency. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "MOUC signed for TAP-IAP interconnection". Pipelines International. 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ↑ "TAP pipeline, Bosnia's BH-Gas ink cooperation agreement". PennEnergy. PennWell Corporation. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ↑ "Ministerial declaration on the Ionian Adriatic Pipeline project" (PDF). Energy Community. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ↑ Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Azerbaijan to launch JV on gas pipeline project, Strategeast, Feb. 16, 2018
- ↑ Mott MacDonald-led tie-up launches design works on Croatia-Bosnia gas link - BH-Gas, SeeNews, Nov. 4, 2019
- ↑ Bulgartransgaz EAD (March 2021). "2021-2030 TEN-YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF BULGARTRANSGAZ EAD" (PDF). bulgartransgaz.bg. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Montenegro: Pandemic slowed down IAP project Implementation of the IAP project is to begin in the second quarter of 2017, Serbia Energy, Jun. 24, 2020
- ↑ Stuart Elliott, EU 'keen' on extending Southern Gas Corridor into Western Balkans: official, S&P Global, Dec. 21, 2020
- ↑ The Capitals newsletter, EurActiv, Nov. 4, 2021
- ↑ Investment value of Ionian Adriatic Pipeline disclosed, Trend, Feb. 5, 2022
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