European pipelines | analysis Russian gas destined for Europe(8) . UkrTranzGaz, the
Ukrainian pipeline operator, has estimated that on completion of Nordstream, the Ukraine is likely to lose some $720 million per year in transit fees. Nabucco is the European Union’s priority pipeline project designed to reduce dependency on Russian gas. It aims to construct a pipeline from the Baumgarten gas hub in Austria to Turkey. The pipeline infrastructure will consist of main, local and sub control centres, compressor stations, custody transfer bordering metering stations, intermediate take-offs, cathodic protection stations, pigging and block valve stations, SCADA and a fi bre optic telecommunication system(9).
In Turkey, it is planned to link with pipelines exporting gas from Azerbaijan and eventually the Gulf. If constructed, the route will consist of a 3,900 km pipeline, which will be able to transmit 23 bcm of gas per year to Europe. However, since its conception in 2002, this project has faced numerous delays and setbacks. There have been problems in obtaining suffi cient political and fi nancial backing, as well as securing suffi cient gas supplies. This year alone, power utility RWE, one of the project’s major backer, sold its shares in the pipeline project to Austria’s OMV. For the future, both Hungary and Bulgaria have announced that the Nabucco gas pipeline project has
Pipeline Projects Nordstream 1&2 State of Progress Completed
Gross European gas consumption (EU27) in mtoe Source: Eurostat
successfully completed its environmental impact assessment process(10). More signifi cantly, due diligence
awaits completion from its backers, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation and the European Investment Bank. In June, an agreement by the Azerbaijan government is expected to ship gas from its massive Shah Deniz Phase 2 offshore gas fi elds in the southern Caspian Sea(11)
via the Nabucco pipeline to
Europe, thereby ensuring suffi cient gas. Principle Partners
Gazprom, Wintershall,
E.ON, Ruhrgas, Gasunie, GDF Suez,
Nordstream 3&4
Awaiting Regulatory Approval
Nabucco Sudstream
Awaiting Regulatory Approval
Awaiting completion of Gazprom, Wintershall,
E.ON, Ruhrgas, Gasunie, GDF Suez
OMV, MOL Group,
Bulgargaz, Transgaz, BOTAS, EU. Gazprom, Transport AG,
Feasibility Study. Construction Eni, EDF, Wintershall may start in 2014.
Yamal-Europe 2 Awaiting completion of
Feasibility Study. Memorandum of understanding signed between companies.
Trans Adriatic Pipeline Awaiting full political go-ahead
Polish- Lithuania North South Corridor
Awaiting completion of Feasibility Study.
Awaiting completion of Axpo, Statoil, E.ON, EU.
AB Lietuvos Dujos and Gaz-System S.A., EU.
Eustream, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., EU.
(Poland Slovakia section) Feasibility Study. Source: various sources including Financial Times, Bloomberg,
RT.com
May 2013 | PIPELINE COATING 19 20 2 7.5 No date 2018 No date Gazprom – PGNiG 15 2019 23 63 No date No date 27.5 No date
Capacity per year in Estimated date billion cubic meters of Completion
27.5 2012
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