IGB's capacity to be marketed via RBP platform
Date
2/15/2022 1:25:47 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.15
By Leman Zeynalova - Trend:
ICGB will offer on the market free capacity from the
Greece-Bulgaria interconnector through the RBP platform, the ICGB
AD told Trend.
The project company responsible for the implementation of the
gas interconnector with Greece, signed a contract with RBP - one of
the leading European platforms for trading capacity. RBP provides
services to a total of 17 transmission system operators and over
300 Network users.
This is the second contract ICGB has with a capacity trading
platform after becoming the latest TSO in the PRISMA platform.“As
a future independent system operator, we want ICGB to market the
free capacity in the IGB pipeline in a secure and transparent way.
This will ensure equal access from all interested parties who may
wish to book capacity”, noted ICGB's Executive Officers Teodora
Georgieva and Konstantinos Karayannakos.
Through the Regional Booking Platform (RBP), ICGB will perform
auction procedures at the interconnection point in Bulgaria.
Currently, half of IGB's capacity - a total of 1,57 bcm/y, is
already reserved under long term contracts for up to 25 years. Due
to its strategic location, the pipeline has great synergy with the
planned LNG terminal near Alexandroupolis, Greece. The terminal's
commercial launch planned for the end of 2023, may additionally
boost IGB's capacity to a total of 5 bcm/y.
The IGB pipeline is scheduled for commissioning in July this
year.
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