Svishtov Gas Pipeline

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Svishtov Gas Pipeline is a gas pipeline under construction in Bulgaria.

Location

The pipeline is proposal runs from Pavlikeni to Svishtov, Bulgaria. The exact route can be found in the "Trace Overview" drawing by RAP Systems.

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Project details

• Operator: Bulgartransgaz
• Owner: Bulgartransgaz

• Parent company: Bulgarian Energy Holdings EAD

• Capacity:

• Length: 42 km

• Diameter: 200 mm

• Status: Under Construction

• Start year:

• Cost: €12.5 million

• Financing: Kozloduy International Decommissioning Fund to the amount of EUR 3.8 million. Co-funding by Bulgartransgaz EAD is to the amount of EUR 8.7 million

• Identifiers:

Background

The pipeline was declared a national site on May 10, 2018.

In August 2019, Bulgartransgaz EAD launched "a procedure for Procurement, construction and commissioning of construction site: Gas transmission pipeline to Svishtov." The project was listed with the goal of expanding the gas transmission network of Bulgaria with the construction of a new gas transmission pipeline to the town of Svishtov.

As of February 21, 2020, the pipeline was expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

As of May 2020, Bulgartransgaz said it had received six offers for the project tender. Serbia Energy reported that the project would be financed "with part of the proceeds from a grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)." EBRD announced in 2019 that Bulgartransgaz would be the recipient of a 10.9 million euros grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF) in order to partially finance the construction the Svishtov gas pipeline, Panagiurishte-Pirdop Gas Pipeline, and Razlog-Bansko Gas Pipeline. Co-funding by Bulgartransgaz amounts to €8.266 million.

In February 2021 construction on the pipeline began. At that point, commissioning was expected by the end of October 2021. However, after delays, Bulgartransgaz expects the pipeline to be commissioned mid-2022.