Bulgartransgaz to Call Tenders for Three Gas Pipelines in Q1 2015 - EBRD

Bulgaria’s gas transmission system operator Bulgartransgaz will open in the first quarter of next year four tenders for the the provision of goods, works and services on a 21.8 million euro ($27.5 million) project for the construction of three gas pipelines, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Friday.

The pipelines will have total length of 122 kilometers and will connect several municipalities to the national gas transmission network, the EBRD said in a press release.

The Bulgarian company will open a tender for the construction of gas transmission pipelines to Svishtov, another one for a gas link to Panagiurishte and Pirdop, and a third tender, seeking a contractor for the gas link to Bansko and Razlog. The company will also open a tender for consultancy services on the project.

The implementation of the project is expected to take some 50 months.

The project will be financed on parity basis by Bulgartransgaz and grant resources from the EBRD-administered Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund.

Earlier this year, Bulgartransgaz said the construction works on the three gas transmission pipelines are planned to be completed by 2016. It also said at the time that over 104,000 people from 12 municipalities, with an estimates total annual gas consumption of 183 million cubic metres, will have access to natural gas after the implementation of the project.

Bulgartransgaz is part of state-operated energy holding firm BEH.

Source: SeeNews