ENTSOG Southern Corridor (SC) Gas Regional Investment Plan (GRIP) 2014-2023 / Main Report

TANAP (TRA-N-221)

The Trans Anatolian Pipeline is the necessary link between the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) and TAP. This is an Azeri-Turkish project that will carry the Caspian Gas through Turkey and up to the Turkish/Greek border at Kipi. The possibility of a connection with the Interconnector Turkey –Bulgaria (ITB) is also being considered.

IAP (TRA-N-068)

The Ionian Adriatic Pipeline is foreseen to run from Albania (Fier), through Monte- negro and Bosnia &Herzegovina, to Croatia (Ploče) with a diameter of 800 –1,000mm and a pressure of 75bar with reverse flow capability (from North to South). In Fier, IAP would connect with the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, whose implementation was also one of the prerequisites for IAP’s implementation. The objectives of the IAP project are to: \\ ensure the possibility of gas supply from the Caspian and Central-Eastern sources to the Western Balkan markets, enabling easier gasification of Albania, creating the preconditions for gasification of Montenegro, and completing the gasification of South Croatia and a significant part of Bosnia & Herzegovina, \\ diversify natural gas supply, provide access to Albanian and Croatian storage capacities, \\ integrate the Region’s gas market into the European gas market and \\ promote economic development in the Western Balkans. The project begins with the offshore gas pipeline section, which will run under the Black Sea from the Russkaya compressor station, on the Russian coast, to the Bulgarian coast. The total length of the offshore section will be around 900 kilome- tres, the maximum depth over two kilometres and the design capacity 63 billion cubic meters (on the Bulgarian coast). Taking into account the size of the project and current demand projections, it should be considered that, to a large extent, this will offer a diversified route for the gas currently flowing to Central Europe through other routes. The onshore part is expected to run through Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary and Slovenia to Italy and/or Austria. The aim of the South Stream project is to enhance the European energy security by diversifying the routes of gas supplies to the EU. Gas Interconnectors Greece – Bulgaria and Turkey – Bulgaria are proposed gas pipelines, connecting the Bulgarian natural gas pipeline network with the Greek and the Turkish transmission systems respectively. The IGB project includes the con- struction of a trans-border reverse gas pipeline from the area of Komotini in Greece to the area of Stara Zagora in Bulgaria, with a length of approximately 168.5 km (Bulgarian section: 140 km, Greek section: 28.5 km), and a diameter of 700mm. The ITB project includes the construction of a trans-border reverse gas pipeline from the Gas Receiving Station of Malkoçlar, in Turkey, to the Lozenets compressor sta- tion in Bulgaria, running in parallel to the existing gas pipeline. Both projects have similar planned capacities (3 up to 5bcm/year for IGB and 3bcm/year for ITB). The objective of both projects is mainly the diversification of sources of natural gas sup- ply thus providing enhanced security of supply to the Bulgarian and other South and Central-Eastern European gas markets. IGB project will also enhance, through its re- verse flow capability, the security of supply of Greece. South Stream (TRA-N 1) -187) IGB (TRA-N-149) and ITB (TRA-N-140):

1) According to the project promoter FID has been taken for the part of the project to be built in Bulgaria and Serbia.

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Southern Corridor GRIP 2014–2023