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6.2.5 PROJECTS ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE CAPACITY

6.2.5.1 Underground storage in South-Eastern Europe

The development of underground gas storages in Bulgaria (UGS Chiren Expansion and the construction of a new gas storage facility on the territory of Bulgaria), Greece (planned South Kavala UGS facility) and Romania (Depomures, Sarmasel UGS facility upgrading and the construction of a new underground storage, in north-east- ern Romania, near Falticeni) will enable the possibility to seasonally balance supply and consumption and increase safety of gas supply in South-Eastern Europe by securing higher storage gas volumes. New storage capacity in the southern part of the Balkans will be better valued in conjunction with the TAP project. The projects in Romania (with the exception of the new UGS Moldova) and Bulgaria consist in the expansion of existing storage facilities while the project in Greece

would be the first underground storage in this country. The list of projects in this category is the following:

LIST OF PROJECTS

Project

Code

Promoter

Construction of new gas storage facility on the territory of Bulgaria

UGS-N-141

BULGARTRANSGAZ

UGS Chiren Expansion

UGS-N-138

BULGARTRANSGAZ

Hellenic Republic Asset Management Fund

South Kavala underground gas storage facility

UGS-N-385

Metering and Regulating Station at South Kavala

TRA-N-1092

DESFA

Depomures (RO)

UGS-N-233

Engie Romania

Sarmasel underground storage in Romania

UGS-N-371

ROMGAZ

New underground gas storage in Romania

UGS-N-366

ROMGAZ

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