General Information
Promoter
ICGB a.d.
Operator
ICGB a.d.
Host Country
Bulgaria
Status
Planned
Website
Project's URLPublication Approval Status
Approved
Sponsors
BEH EAD
50%
IGI Poseidon
50%
Time Schedule
Grant Obtention Date
Delay Since Last TYNDP
2 years
PCI Details
PCI Benefits
Project changes the capability to transmit gas across the borders of the member states concerned by at least 10%, compared to the situation
prior to the commissioning of the project, Project concerns investment in reverse flow capacity
General Criteria Fulfilled
Yes
Specific Criteria Fulfilled
Competition, Market Integration, Security of Supply, Sustainability
Specific Criteria Fulfilled Comments
As regional gas interconnector, IGB will bring benefits on all criteria, an in particular will secure new gas sources and market integration in a
SEE region, suffering from a high level of dependcy on single source of imports and lack of regional cross-border gas interconnections.
Schedule
Start Date
End Date
Pre-Feasibility
12/2009
Feasibility
05/2009
07/2009
FEED
08/2008
03/2016
Market Test
09/2016
Permitting
08/2010
11/2016
Supply Contracts
12/2016
FID
12/2015
Construction
03/2017
12/2018
Commissioning
2018
2021
NDP and PCI Information
Part of NDP
Yes (Included in both the TYNDPs of
Greece and Bulgaria)
NDP Number
not applicable
Currently PCI
Yes (6.8.1)
CBCA Decision
No
Market Survey
Not Relevant (no CBCA decision)
Third-Party Access Regime
Considered TPA Regime
Not Applicable
Considered Tariff Regime
Not Applicable
Applied for Exemption
Yes
Exemption Granted
Not Yet
Exemption in entry direction
0.00%
Exemption in exit direction
0.00%
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