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

6.3.5 Projects allowing development of underground gas storage capacity in South-Eastern Europe

The main objective of these projects is to provide the possibility for seasonal balanc- ing of supply and demand in South-Eastern Europe, through the development of underground gas storages in Bulgaria (UGS Chiren Expansion and the construction of a new gas storage facility), Greece (UGS at South Kavala) and Romania (expan- sion of the Depomureş storage facility). New storage capacity in the southern part of the Balkans will be better valued in conjunction with the TAP project.

6.3.6 Project allowing gas to flow in the East-West direction in the Romania–Hungary–Austria Transmission Corridor New gas infrastructure will enable additional capacity and security of supply in the east-west corridor, running through Romania, Hungary, Austria and Slovenia. To this effect will contribute the newly planned pipelines and a compressor station in Hungary (i. e. pipeline Városföld – Ercsi –Győr, pipeline Ercsi-Szazhalombatta and CS Városföld), the implementation of reverse flow capacity on the existing interconnection between Hungary and Romania (CS Csanádpalota) as well as a new reverse flow interconnection between Hungary and Slovenia (Slovenian–Hungarian interconnector on Hungarian territory and R15/1 Lendava-Kidričevo on Slovenian territory).

6.3.7 Projects allowing development of underground gas storage capacity in Italy

Planned gas pipeline projects that will establish a new supply route from east to west, along the Southern Corridor, will increase their impact on Security of Supply and multiply their positive effects on the Region and overall Europe if coupled with the increased flexibility provided by several planned underground gas storage facilities in Italy (Bordolano and System Enhancements by Stogit, San Potito e Cotignola, Palazzo Moroni, and Nuovi Sviluppi by Edison Stoccaggio, Grottole-Fer- randina by Gas Storage, UGS Cornegliano by IGS), most of them in the northern part of the country.

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