Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL)

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Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) is a cross-border pipeline between Poland and Lithuania.

Location

The planned route for the pipeline begins at Rembelszczyzna gas compressor station located in Warsaw, Poland, before travelling to Jauniunai gas compressor station situated near Vilnius in Lithuania.

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Project Details

• Owner: Gaz-System (Poland), AB Amber Grid (Lithuania)
• Proposed capacity: 2.4 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 534 kilometers
• Status: Construction
• Start Year: 2021

Background

The pipeline will connect the gas transmission systems of Poland and Lithuania. The 700mm diameter pipeline will be 534km-long, with 357km lying in Poland and the remaining 177km in Lithuania. The bi-directional pipeline will have a capacity to deliver 2.4 bcm of gas a year from Poland to Lithuania and 1 bcm of gas a year from Lithuania to Poland.

The total construction cost of the project is estimated to be €558m ($600m), which will be jointly funded by the Baltic States, private investment and the European Commission’s grant under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) initiative.

Construction works are planned to begin in the second half of 2018 and finalized by the end of 2021.

Projects of Common Interest

The European Commission approved the project for inclusion on the Projects of Common Interest (PCI) list, meaning the project can receive public funding through grants under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) initiative. According to the European Commission, "The objective of the PCI 8.5 'Poland-Lithuania interconnection', currently known as GIPL, is to establish a physical interconnection between the Polish and Lithuanian gas transmission systems. On the Polish side, GIPL includes: a gas pipeline between Hoowczyce and the PL-LT border (gas pipeline length of approx. 357 km, DN 700); the construction of a new compressor station in Gustorzyn (approx. 16 MW of installed power without spare); the extension, modernization and connection of the pipeline to the Hoowczyce node and the compressor station; as well as related necessary improvements of the Hoowczyce compressor station. On the Lithuanian side, GIPL consists of: a gas pipeline between the PL-LT border and Jauniunai (approx. 165 km, DN 700); the construction of gas pressure reduction and metering station(s) located near the PL-LT border in Lithuania aimed at decreasing the Maximum Operating Pressure (MOP) of the pipeline (from 8.4 MPa down to 5.4 MPa, preliminary max capacity 275,000 Nm3/h with a possibility of extension up to 468,000 Nm3/h). Overall, the new gas pipeline will have a capacity of 2.4 bcm/year in the direction PL to LT and up to 1.9 bcm/year in the direction LT to PL." The CEF program has approved funding for €305,982,588 EUR ($339,366,319.4 USD).