Panagiurishte-Pirdop Gas Pipeline
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The Panagiurishte-Pirdop Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in Bulgaria.[1][2][3]
Location
The pipeline runs from Valve Assembly (VA) Vinogradets (or valve assembly Rosen), located on the southern semi-ring of the MGP (main gas pipeline) to AGRS west of the town of Panagiurishte and a route from the town of Panagiuriste to AGRS west of Pirdop.[1][4][5]
Project Details
- Operator: Bulgartransgaz
- Owner: Bulgartransgaz
- Parent: Bulgarian Energy Holdings EAD
- Proposed capacity: 25,000 cubic meters per hour[1]
- Length: 62km / 38.5 miles[6][5]
- Diameter: 250 mm[1]
- Cost: 58.461 million Bulgarian lev[1]
- Financing: A €3.6 million grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund; €3.6 million equity investment from Bulgartransgaz[1]
- Status: Operating[3]
- Start Year: 2023[3]
Background
The pipeline is shown on the Bulgartransgaz 2021 "Gas Infrastructure of the Republic of Bulgaria" as one of the "gas pipelines under construction."[2] The Bulgartransgaz 2021-2030 Ten Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) lists the pipeline as one of its "Projects in progress" stating that "a contractor has been chosen and contract has been signed, whose implementation has started."[6]
According to the Bulgartransgaz's 2023 Annual Consolidated Activity Report, the pipeline was commissioned in 2023.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2020-2029 TEN-YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF BULGARTRANSGAZ EAD, Bulgartransgaz, March 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bulgartransgaz (2021). "Gas Infrastructure of the Republic of Bulgaria". bulgartransgaz.bg. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Годишен Консолидиран Доклад за Дейността на "Булгартрансгаз" ЕАД (за период от 01 януари до 31 декември 2023 г.)" (PDF). Bulgartransgaz. 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Bulgartransgaz’s Gas Infrastructure Projects, Bulgartransgaz, 30-31 May, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Комсийски, Димитър (2020-07-09). "Шест компании се натискат да строят газопровод до Панагюрище". marica.bg (in bulgarian). Retrieved 2021-10-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bulgartransgaz (March 2021). "2021-2030 TEN-YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF BULGARTRANSGAZ EAD" (PDF). bulgartransgaz.bg. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
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