Lithuania-Latvia Interconnection Gas Pipeline

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Lithuania-Latvia Interconnection Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Lithuanian border to Riga, Latvia.

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Project Details

• Operator: Lietuvos Dujos, Latvijas Gaze
• Parent Company: Lietuvos Dujos, Latvijas Gaze
• Current capacity: 2.3 billion cubic meters per year
• Proposed capacity:
• Length: 138 kilometers
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1962

Background

Built in 1962, the Lithuania-Latvia Interconnection Gas Pipeline is the oldest pipeline in Latvia. In 2013 the pipeline's capacity was increased from 5.48 million cubic meters per day to 6.48 million cubic metres per day from Lithuania to Latvia, and 6.24 million cubic metres per day from Latvia to Lithuania. The total cost of the enhacement was 29.6 million euros, of which 5.4 million euros was invested in Lithuania and 24.2 million euros was invested in Latvia. Up to 50 percent of the project cost was co-financed with funds from the European Commission’s European Energy Program for Recovery.

Projects of Common Interest

According to the European Commission, their Projects of Common Interest approval for the Lithuania-Latvia Interconnection Gas Pipeline project includes the following elements: "'Enhancement of Latvia-Lithuania interconnection' aims to increase the overall cross-border interconnection capacity between the gas systems of Latvia and Lithuania. It will integrate the gas and energy markets in the Baltic Sea region with the internal EU energy market which will contribute to the improvement of market competition and security of gas supply.The PCI will include a number of infrastructure elements. The project provides, on the Latvian side, the reconstruction of the existing pipelines in order to increase the maximal allowed pressure to 50 bar in gas transmission system, as well as, on the Lithuanian side, the upgrade of the existing gas metering station in Kiemenai and readjustment of Panevezys compressor station piping. These infrastructure elements will allow removing possible bottlenecks and reaching a daily throughput capacity of 131 GWh/d (LT->LV) and 120 GWh/d (LV->LT)." Approval opens the door for receiving public funds for the project.

Expansion Project Details

• Operator: Lietuvos Dujos, Latvijas Gaze
• Parent Company: Lietuvos Dujos, Latvijas Gaze
• Proposed capacity: 0.575 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 0 km additions
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year: 2023

Proposed Expansion Background

In July 2019 the European Union (EU) approved €4.9 million to increase pressurization of the pipeline and increase its capacity by 25% (0.575 bcm/y), covering half of each country's cost. The capacity expansion will be implemented by 2023 and will facilitate imports from Klaipeda LNG Terminal.

Articles and resources

External articles

Wikipedia also has an article on Lithuania-Latvia Interconnection (Lithuania-Latvia Interconnection Gas Pipeline). This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License].