On the first working day of IGB, more than 29 171 MWh are expected to enter the gas pipeline, and for the month of October the estimates are for 888 801 MWh, ICGB told Report.
The first quantities of natural gas through the interconnector were transited at the beginning of the gas day from the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). IGB successfully connects the national gas transmission networks of Greece and Bulgaria at Komotini and Stara Zagora. The total capacity with which the gas pipeline begins operating is 3 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y), the company said, adding that IGB started commercial operation at 7:00 am on October 1.
The commissioning of the gas pipeline coincided with the first day of the new gas year and the start of the heating season, the company said.