Razlog-Bansko Gas Pipeline

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The Razlog-Bansko Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Bulgaria.

Location

The proposed pipeline route runs along the northern slopes of the Pirin Mountains, along the southern slopes of the Rila Mountains, and to AGRS Razlog-Bansko.

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Project Details

• Owner: Bulgartransgaz
• Proposed capacity: 0.26 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 37 km / 23 miles
• Diameter: 250 mm / 10 inches
• Cost: €15.902 million (US$181.28 million)
• Financing: A €195,500 grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund; €14.767 million equity investment from Bulgartransgaz; additional €940,000 investment
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year: 2025

Background

In 2017, Bulgartransgaz launched an environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure for a pipeline to supply Razlog and Bansko with gas. Two routes were proposed, one that is 34 km and another that is 39 km.

According to the Bulgartransgaz 2021-2030 Ten Year Network Development Plan, "The project is funded by a grant under Kozloduy International Decommissioning Fund to the amount of EUR 195.5 thousand. Co-funding by Bulgartransgaz EAD is to the amount of EUR 14.767 million."

As of March 2021, Bulgartransgaz lists the pipeline as one of its "Projects in progress." The "planned deadline for completion of the project" is 2023.

Bulgartransgaz's 2022-2031 TYNDP states that the project is expected to start construction in 2022-23, with an expected commissioning date between 2024 and 2025.