Rustavi-Poti Gas Pipeline
Rustavi-Poti Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Georgia.[1]
Location
The pipeline is proposed to run from the Azerbaijan-Georgian border to the Black Sea Coast, passing along the parallel East-West gas pipeline system route.[1]
Project details
- Operator: Georgian Gas Transportation Company[1]
- Owner: Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation[1]
- Parent company: Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation[1]
- Capacity: 8.5-10 bcm/y[1]
- Length: 370 km[1]
- Diameter: 36 in[1]
- Status: Proposed[1]
- Start year:
- Cost: 1.701 bln GEL[1]
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
The length of the pipeline on the territory of Georgia is about 370 km, the diameter - 36” (the internal diameter - 888.8 mm, the wall thickness - 12.7 mm) or 42” (the internal diameter - 1034.2 mm, the wall thickness -15.88 mm), to be precisely defined in the detail design process. The design pressure of the pipeline is 95 bars and the operating pressure – 90 bars. The maximum height from the sea level - 1120 m. As the results of hydraulic modelling show, for D=36’’ pipeline, with 2 interim compressors of about 23 MW in combined capacity, the system can supply at least 8.5-10 bcm. The transmission capacity of D=42’’ pipeline of the same configuration would reach about 14.5-15 bcm (combined capacity of compressor stations to be about 33-35 MW). The investment cost for Rustavi-Poti D=36’’ pipeline is estimated at about 570 M€ (≈630 M$) and for D=42’’ pipeline - at about 63546 M€ (≈700 M$). With 15% incidental costs, the investment costs would increase to 635 and 700M€, respectively.[2]
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.[1] The project is not listed on the website of Georgian Oil & Gas Corporation[3]. However, since construction of the pipeline was planned to begin after 2023[1], the project is not considered shelved or cancelled yet.
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References
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 "Ten-Year Development Plan for Georgian Gas Transmission Network 2019-2028" (PDF). gogc.ge. 2018. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 30 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ten-Year Development Plan for Georgian Gas Transmission Network 2018-2027" (PDF). https://policy.asiapacificenergy.org/. 2017. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "Projects". Georgian Oil & Gas Corporation. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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