Baltic Pipe Project
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Baltic Pipe Project is a proposed pipeline project that will transport natural gas from Norway to Poland via Denmark.[1]
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Location
The pipeline will deliver gas from Norway's gas fields to Poland via Denmark.[2]
Project Details
- Owners: Energinet and GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
- Proposed capacity: 10 billion cubic meters per year
- Length: 612.5 kilometers
- Status: Proposed
- Start Year: 2022[3]
- Source of financing: European Union
Background
The Baltic Pipe is a proposed 120km-long offshore natural gas pipeline that will be built between Rødvig, Denmark, and Niechorze, Poland. The project is being developed by Energinet and Gaz-System at an estimated cost of $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion. The final investment decision is scheduled to be reached in 2018, while the project's commission date is October 2022.[4] The Baltic Pipe Project will allow transport of gas from Norway to the Danish and Polish markets, as well as to end-users in neighboring countries. At the same time, the Baltic Pipe Project will enable the supply of gas from Poland to the Danish and Swedish markets.[5] In April 2019 Poland received a €214.9 million grant from the EU to help build its portion of the pipeline.[6]
In August of 2019, Poland’s gas grid operator Gaz-System agreed to buy a set of compressor units for 550 million zlotys ($141 million) from U.S. company Solar Turbines for its planned link to Norway’s gas fields. Poland sees the Baltic Pipe as a way to diversify its gas supply, most of which is currently imported from Russia under a long-term contract with Gazprom that expires in 2022. The Baltic Pipe, as well as increased supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via a Baltic Sea terminal at Świnoujście Polskie LNG Terminal, are designed to help Poland replace the Russian deliveries.[7]
Technical Details
The Baltic Pipeline will include the following:
A 105-110 kilometer long, new offshore gas pipeline from Norway’s pipeline Europipe II in the North Sea to a receiving terminal located North of Varde in Denmark.
Expansion of the Danish transmission system with a new gas pipeline, approximately 210-230 kilometers long, which will run between Egtved in Jutland and the South-eastern part of Zealand.
A compressor station in the South-eastern part of Zealand.
A 260-310 kilometer long offshore gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Poland.
Expansions of Poland’s transmission system.[8]
Contractors
In July of 2019, DNV GL won a major contract to provide independent verification services for the Danish transmission system operator Energinet’s section of the Baltic Pipe project, offshore Denmark. DNV GL’s contract includes independent verification and submarine pipeline certification to the DNV GL certification regime DNVGL-SE-0475. The acceptance criteria are the Danish Continental Shelf Law, DNVGL-ST-F101 and the suite of underlying DNV GL standards and recommended practices. The work will take place during the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, hook-up and commissioning phases of pipeline development over the next three years.[9]
In August of 2019, Energinet contracted Corinth Pipeworks to supply offshore linepipe for the project. Corinth Pipeworks will manufacture 114 km (71 mi) of 32-inch and 36-inch SAWL steel pipes (43,000 tons in total) with a three-layer polyethylene anti-corrosion coating, epoxy lining for flow assurance, and concrete weight coating with sacrificial anodes and bends. Deliveries are due to start in late-2019 and continue through 2021, when the pipes will be laid through Danish waters.[10]
Expansion Location
200 onshore kilometers of the pipeline expansion will run from Egtved, Denmark to Everdrup, Denmark, plus an additional 4 offshore kilometers crossing Lillebælt, Denmark.[2]
Expansion Project Details
- Owners: Energinet and GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
- Proposed capacity: 10 billion cubic meters per year
- Length: 204 kilometers
- Status: Proposed
- Start Year: 2022[2]
- Source of financing: European Union
Expansion Background
The expansion project was approved as a Project of Common Interest (PCI) by the European Commission, meaning it will be eligible to receive public funding. It will be a total of 204 kilometers (200 onshore, 4 offshore), adding 10 billion cubic meters/year.[2]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Baltic Pipe, Wikipedia, accessed March, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Reinforcement of Nybro — Poland/Denmark Interconnection European Commission, accessed December 10, 2019
- ↑ Shailaja A. Lakshmi, DNV GL Wins Baltic Pipe Project Marine Link, June 20, 2019
- ↑ Baltic Pipe Project, Hydrocarbons-Technology, accessed March, 2018
- ↑ Baltic Pipe Project, Baltic Pipe, accessed March 2018
- ↑ Poland wins €215m EU grant for gas link to Norway, Euractiv, Apr. 15, 2019
- ↑ Poland's gas grid operator buys first equipment for Baltic Pipe Reuters, August 14, 2019
- ↑ Baltic Pipe: Gas Pipeline, Connecting Denmark and Poland With Norway's Gas Fields, Energinet, accessed March 2018
- ↑ Shailaja A. Lakshmi, DNV GL Wins Baltic Pipe Project Marine Link, June 20, 2019
- ↑ Offshore Staff, Corinth to manufacture Danish section of Baltic Pipe Offshore, August 28, 2019
