Skopje-Kriva Palanka Gas Pipeline

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Skopje-Kriva Palanka Gas Pipeline is an operating gas pipeline running from Bulgaria to North Macedonia

Location

The pipeline runs from Skopje to Kriva Palanka, before then going to the Macedonia/Bulgaria border at Kyustendil, where it connects to the Bulgarian transmission system.

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Project details

• Operator: Bulgartransgaz, MER JSC Skopje
• Owner: Bulgartransgaz, MER JSC Skopje
• Parent company: Bulgarian Energy Holdings EAD, MER JSC Skopje
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• Status: Operating
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• Associated infrastructure: Kyustendil–Zhidilovo Gas Pipeline

Background

This pipeline connects the Bulgarian Transmission Network to North Macedonia, and with it grants North Macedonia access to Russian gas imports. It is currently North Macedonia's only gas import route, and leaves the country dependent on Russian gas until other interconnector projects such as the North Macedonia–Greece Interconnector Gas Pipeline become operational.