Tabatskuri-Bakuriani Connector

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Tabatskuri-Bakuriani Connector is a proposed gas pipeline in Georgia.

Location

The pipeline is proposed to run from Tabatskuri to Bakuriani, Georgia.

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Project details

• Operator: Georgian Gas Transportation Company
• Owner: Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation
• Parent company: Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation
• Capacity:
• Length: 18 km
• Diameter: 300 mm
• Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2023
• Cost: 6,016,000 GEL
• Financing: Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation
• Associated infrastructure: South Caucasus Gas Pipeline

Background

The main purpose of Tabatskuri-Bakuriani connector linking the southern branch of the gas mains to the western and central regions of the country is to provide guaranteed gas supply to Borjomi-Bakuriani urbanized tourist-recreation zone by means of a circular gas supply system. Besides, the project implementation makes it possible to supply gas to the central (or southern) regions of Georgia in a critical emergency using the temporary emergency scheme via Southern branch gas Supply system of Tsiteli Khidi-TsalkaAkhaltsikhe pipeline 160 km-point (or 2nd SCP off-take) to the gas mains of the central regions of the country, or vice versa. The new Bakuriani-Tabatskuri gas pipeline together with the existing Akhaltsikhe-Vale (Arali) Connector makes it possible to considerably improve gas supply to Borjomi-Bakuriani recreation zone.

As of August 2023, there have not been updates about the project since publication of the "Ten-Year Development Plan for Georgian Gas Transmission Network 2019-2028" in 2018. The project is not listed on the website of Georgian Oil & Gas Corporation. However, since construction of the pipeline was planned to begin in 2022-2023, the project is not considered shelved or cancelled yet.