Malta-Italy Gas Pipeline

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The Malta-Italy Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Malta and Italy.

Location

The pipeline would run from Dalima, Malta to Gela, Sicily, Italy.

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Project Details

• Operator: Melita Transgas Ltd.
• Parent company: Government of Malta
• Capacity: 2.03 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 159 km / 99 mi
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year: 2024

Background

In April 2018 the European Council proposed to build a 159-km bidirectional pipeline to Italy, which would bring Malta into compliance with a European Union (EU) requirement that "no EU Member State should remain isolated from the European gas and Electricity networks after 2015. In July 2019 Malta agreed to pay the full €400 million estimated cost of the project, which would be completed by 2024.

The European Commission said about the project, which has been approved for inclusion on the Projects of Common Interest list, "Malta-Italy Gas Pipeline Interconnection consists in a 22” diameter pipeline from Delimara (Malta) to Gela (Sicily) with 159 km length (151 km offshore and 8 km onshore) and two terminal stations. Once implemented, it will end Malta’s isolation by connecting it to the European Gas Network. The primary aim is to import gas from Italy to meet Malta’s demand for power generation and subsequently, subject to market evolution, the inland market."