IGB receives penultimate document required for commissioning

The Gas Interconnector Greece–Bulgaria (IGB) has received the penultimate document confirming the final completion of construction, Act 15, necessary for its commissioning on the territory of Bulgaria, the project company ICGB told Report.

ICGB is the operator of the line, which will allow the supply of Azerbaijani gas delivered to Europe through the Trans Adriatic Pipeline.

“The Greece-Bulgaria interconnector now has Act 15 for the territory of Bulgaria. The pipeline commissioning procedures progress on schedule and commercial operations will begin on October 1,” the company noted.

“This is the last step we have to take towards obtaining Act 16 in Bulgaria and the corresponding Permit for Use. We have provided the institutions with all the necessary documents, and we expect the administrative procedures to be completed by the end of next week, so that we can start commercial operation on October 1 as planned,” said ICGB executive officers Teodora Georgieva and George Satlas from Bulgaria and Greece.