The Greece-Bulgaria interconnector is now successfully connected to the Bulgarian national gas transmission network.
Report informs, citing the IGB-ICGB operator, that the connection of the infrastructures of the two independent transmission operators for Bulgaria - ICGB and Bulgartransgaz - was carried out near Stara Zagora.
The IGB gas pipeline is already successfully connected to the neighboring operators in both host countries, thus the physical transmission of gas through the facility is now technically ensured.
Earlier this year, IGB successfully connected to the Trans-Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP).
The gas pipeline will connect Bulgaria to the Southern Gas Corridor and has excellent synergy with other major energy projects such as TAP, TANAP, EastMed and the LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis.
The capacity of the IGB pipeline is 3 bcm per year in the direction from Greece to Bulgaria, it can be increased to 5 bcm per year after the installation of the compressor station, which will also allow for reverse flow if there is market interest.