Trans-Balkan pipeline explained

Trans-Balkan pipeline
Status:in operation
Discharge:17 to 20 or 25 bcm per year

The Trans-Balkan pipeline is a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Ukraine with branches to Greece and North Macedonia.[1] [2] [3] [4] It was used by Gazprom for gas deliveries through Balkan countries to Turkey. Before construction of the Blue Stream pipeline it was the only international natural gas pipeline supplying Turkey.

Pipelines of the southern corridor of the natural gas transmission system of Ukraine are connected with the Trans-Balkan pipeline through the Orlivka gas metering and compressor station.[5] [6]

Since 2020, its section in Bulgaria from Malkoçlar on the Turkey–Bulgaria border[7] up to the compressor station in Provadia, north-east of Bulgaria, has been used for transportation of natural gas received from TurkStream.[8] It can also be used in reverse mode to receive Azerbaijani gas via the Trans-Anatolian pipeline,[9] with a capacity of 17[10] to 20[11] or 25 bcm per year.[12] Romania is also a participant in the Trans-Balkan pipeline.[13] In 2022 about 2 bcm from Turkstream was sent to Romania through the Trans-Balkan pipeline.[14] In 2023 Moldova received non-Russian gas through the pipeline.[15] Ukraine has proposed that flow should be permanently south to north.[16]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-12-17. Aura . Sabadus. Why East European gas markets should integrate. 2021-01-07. Atlantic Council.
  2. Web site: The Trans-Balkan pipeline reimagined [GGP]]. 2021-01-07. www.naturalgasworld.com.
  3. Web site: Gas_25 / Trans-Balkan Corridor bi-directional flow Moldova – Ukraine. 2021-01-07. www.energy-community.org.
  4. Web site: Sabadus . Aura . Ukraine, Turkey emerging as eastern European gas transit options . 2022-10-24 . ICIS Explore . en-US.
  5. News: Korchemkin . Mikhail . East European Gas Analysis . Gazprom insists on using just one specific pipeline . 2009-01-16 . 2016-02-06.
  6. Web site: . . Master Plan. Ukrainian Gas Transmission System (UGTS). Priority Objects. Modernisation and Reconstruction . 2009 . 2016-02-06.
  7. News: Ankara to complete TurkStream by end of 2019 . . 18 November 2019 . 13 December 2019.
  8. News: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3806415 . ru: «Газпром» сделал трубный выбор . Gazprom made a pipe choice . Yuri . Barsukov . 2018-11-22 . 2019-12-13 . . Russian.
  9. News: Kostis . Geropoulos. 2020-12-11. Europe turns the tables on Russian gas. 2021-01-07. New Europe.
  10. Web site: Nikolov . Krassen . 2022-04-29 . Bulgaria becomes regional hub for gas supplies . 2022-10-23 . www.euractiv.com . en-GB.
  11. Web site: Sabadus . Aura . Moldova, Ukraine backhaul to unlock Trans-Balkan gas corridor . 2022-10-22 . ICIS Explore . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2020-11-20 . High Costs Cloud Outlook for Trans-Balkan Gas Pipeline . 2022-10-24 . Energy Intelligence . en.
  13. https://www.romaniajournal.ro/business/11-companies-interested-in-transporting-gas-from-romania-to-ukraine-via-trans-balkan-pipeline/ 11 Companies Interested In Transporting Gas From Romania To Ukraine Via Trans-Balkan Pipeline
  14. Web site: Roberts . John . Bowden . Julian . 2022-12-12 . Europe and the Caspian: The gas supply conundrum . 2022-12-12 . . en-US.
  15. https://www.power-technology.com/news/recean-moldova-natural-gas-reliance/?cf-view
  16. Web site: Kyiv proposes reversing Trans-Balkan gas pipeline flows through Ukraine . 2023-12-30 . www.naturalgasworld.com.

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