Serbian-Hungarian Gas Pipeline

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Serbian-Hungarian Gas Pipeline is an operating hydrogen pipeline that runs within Hungary.

Location

The pipeline runs from Serbia to Hungary, near Kiskundorozsma, Hungary, then on to Városföld, Hungary.

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Project Details

• Operator: FGSZ
• Owner: FGSZ
• Parent company: MOL Group
• Capacity:
  • Stage one: 6 bcm/y
  • Stage two: 8.5-10 bcm/y
• Length: 82 km
  • Stage one: 15 km
  • Stage two: 67 km
• Diameter:
  • Stage one: 48 inches / 1,200 mm
  • Stage two: 40 inches / 1,000 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2021

Background

In June 2019 the project was announced by Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó and Serbia's Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antić. The two countries planned to invite bids to build the pipeline in September 2019.

In June 2020, FGSZ announced it had approved the development of the new Serbian-Hungarian interconnector capacity capable of transporting 6 bcm/y.

According to the 2019 FGSZ 10 Year Plan, the pipeline will be constructed in two stages. Stage one will run from Serbian border to Kiskundorozsma, and stage two will run from Kiskundorozsma to Városföld.

Construction was completed on the first phase in July of 2021. The pipeline is expected to transport the first quantities of transit gas on October 1, 2021. In August 2021, Hungary reached a deal with Russia's Gazprom for the supply of 3.5 bcm/y via the pipeline. The new contract takes effect from October 1, 2021, and is viewed as part of a shift by Hungary away from receiving Russian gas via a pipeline route through Ukraine. The pipeline was commissioned on Oct. 1, 2021.