Preparations for commercial launch of IGB underway

Preparations for the commercial launch of the IGB (Gas Interconnector Greece–Bulgaria) pipeline are actively progressing, Report informs referring to the ICGB AD, project company developing the IGB.

Since mid-June tests with quantities of natural gas have been underway along the 182-kilometer route of the interconnector. The test volumes are currently 3,700,000 cubic meters.

In the first phase of the tests, the gas is supplied in stages in the direction from Stara Zagora - Komotini. All sections are purged with nitrogen in advance in order to prevent moisture and oxygen remaining in the pipeline.

This is one of the mandatory technical requirements for the preparation of infrastructure for commercial operation.

The pressure at which the pipeline will operate once commercial activity has commenced varies depending on the amount of natural gas transported on a given day.