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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

ITB is a pivotal part of a larger gas markets integration strategy that includes interconnection projects Bulgaria-Romania, Bulgaria-Serbia,

Romania-Hungary. The implementation of the project and the addition of alternative sources of gas in the region will promote the market

integration of the region and the development of more infrastructures in the area and specifically in the countries mentioned above. The

project will allow to alleviate to a great extent the dependency of countries in the area in a single import source/counterpart. ITB will definitely

provide additional capacity in relation to national and regional N-1, considering that it will supply additional quantities of gas from an

alternative route for alternative sources and counterparts to an area in urgent need of diversification. Considering that Bulgaria and the region

are heavily dependent on gas imports from a single source, the diversification that ITB provides in all three (route, source and counterparts) will

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Pipelines and Compressor Stations

Pipeline Section

Pipeline Comment

Diameter (mm) Length (km) Compressor Power (MW)

ITB Bulgarian Section

700

76

13

ITB Turkish Section

130

Total

206

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Schedule

Start Date

End Date

Pre-Feasibility

Feasibility

08/2015

02/2016

FEED

Market Test

05/2017

Permitting

08/2017

11/2017

Supply Contracts

FID

Construction

12/2018

07/2020

Commissioning

2020

2020

NDP and PCI Information

Part of NDP

Yes (2016-2025 Ten-year network

development plan of BTG)

NDP Number

ITB

Currently PCI

Yes (7.4.2.)

CBCA Decision

No

Market Survey

Not Relevant (no CBCA decision)

Third-Party Access Regime

Considered TPA Regime

Regulated

Considered Tariff Regime

Regulated

Applied for Exemption

No

Exemption Granted

Not Relevant

Exemption in entry direction

0.00%

Exemption in exit direction

0.00%

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