Vale-Vani Gas Pipeline

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Vale-Vani Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Georgia.

Location

The pipeline is proposed to run from Vale, Georgia to Vani, 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: 8 bcm/y
• Length: 70 km
• Diameter: 500 mm, 700 mm, 800 mm
• Status: Cancelled
• Start year: 2023-2025
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: South Caucasus gas pipeline, Zestaponi-Poti Gas Pipeline

Background

The Vale-Vani interconnector gas pipeline is proposed to link the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) with the Kutaisi-Abasha section of the Zestaponi-Poti Gas Pipeline as the 2nd off-take near SCP Area 80 in Vale. The 2nd off-take to SCP will be set up near Akhaltsikhe before the pipeline crosses the Georgian-Turkish border in 2023-2025.

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 after 2023, the project is not considered shelved or cancelled yet.