ENTSOG GRIP BEMIP 2014-2023 / Main Report

National demand

Country: Latvia Normal conditions: 0°C Gross calorific value: 11.16 kWh /m³

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Peak demand mcm / day

10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8

GWh / day

120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120

Yearly demand bcm / year

1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7

TWh / year

14.5 15.5 16.8 17.3 17.4 17.6 17.7 18.2 18.9 18.9

Table 2.5: Forecasts for national demand, Latvia

INFRASTRUCTURE / THIRD PARTY INFRASTRUCTURE

There is no indigenous gas production in Latvia. All the gas consumed in the country is imported from Russia by two 700mm pipelines. During the warm period of the year (April –September) part of received gas is injected into Inčukalns UGS and the rest is delivered directly to the consumers. During winter, gas from the un- derground facility is delivered to Latvian customers, as well as customers in Estonia and NW Russia thus securing reliable gas supply for the whole region. There is also a gas connection to Lithuania, but it has been only used in emergency cases for gas supply to Lithuania or in case of construction works or other situations when there is a need to supply part of customers in Latvia from Lithuanian side. However, after constructing of Klaipeda LNG terminal it is expected that up to 200mcm of gas annually from the terminal will be transported and stored in the Inčukalns UGS. Since first natural gas supplies to Latvia were started in 1962, part of gas network is old, and the whole transmission system is designed for annual consumption of up to 4bcm, more than 2 times above the current consumption level in Latvia. After privatization of AS Latvijas Gāze in 1997, assessment of technical state of in- frastructure was carried out and step by step modernization of the whole gas supply system in Latvia was started. Extensive modernization works were carried out in the last decade. From 1997 till 2013 including, AS Latvijas Gāze for modernization and improvement of safety have spent 384.7million EUR.

40 million EUR

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22.5

33.7

34.4

35.7

41.4

32.4

24.5

33.2

27.3

28.2

24.3

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10.0

16.9

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5.0

5.7

6.7

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Figure 2.13: Investments in modernization of infrastructure

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