ОД-ВН-011, v01 organized the idea of concept The Description and objectives the of project: TRA 593, of establishing of Concept 1 common contex the In withdrawal UGS and IBR) (through of direction project this of realization loop km 383 a North network transmission gas nationalthe of Modernization • T Turkey km) (2x10 from 1200 Dn diameter of mostly Modernization ofthe existing transit • 265MW Va at IP new 42.6 a at (starting Oryahovo to Varna from 1200 km 844 of consisting infrastructure new of Construction • Thegas the and infrastructure storage and transmission gas interconnectionprojects withRomania, Turkey,Greece and Serbia. existing developed of location geographic well strategic the Bulgaria, by supported is establishment hub gas a of idea The Codesof heproject TRA TR TRA city of city bcm/y A significant - - - N N andincreasing the N hub concept n the to ensure to - - Rmna bre near border /Romanian - Europe 592 594 Varna 593 existing - ofup to 500 m - a (1366 GWh/d) and two and GWh/d) (1366 projects in 2015 in projects i N mplementationwillprovide new capacity hub t of the European objectives for establishment of establishment for objectives European the of t - - - natu 594, - n o daee D 70 from 700 Dn diameter of ing Loop Construction a of establishing an Varna for the where every where a market, gas gas ral further TRA involves ing gas required pipelines - Oryahovo - 2024 C - cm/y capacity il provide will N S quantities a gas center gas a transportation - implementation of thefollowing projects: Valchi D 592 Community transmission pressure. ). market participant could carry out natural gas natural out carry could participant market the of regional gas regional ofCS Strand of town the 1 new compressor stations with stations compressor new diameter Dn 1000 Dn diameter transmission loop Gas p Gas mlmnain f the of implementation of ol new different sources to reach a reach to sources different T ing en - - and hub Line V ipeline - exit to the village of village the to Y ear Network Development Network ear C C S zh at aaiy f 4 of capacity Chiren raoo, rvdn adtoa cpct of capacity additional providing Oryahovo), S Provadia on the territory of Bulgaria is based on the on based is Bulgaria of territory the on hub in Bulgaria in hub networkby a alve alve IskarNovi this point this aci Dol Valchi by of ( from 10 MW. 6 for gas bcm/y(192,5 GWh - transm CS Strand CS a Rupcha o ie Valve Line to pipelines construction of Rupcha, replacement of 20 km 20 of replacement Rupcha, ern bcm/y above trading venue trading an interconnected and sing and interconnected an semi n t a e I at IP new a to rna sin after ission total installed capacity of capacity installed total P lan, TYNDP lan, real physical point near point physical real 183 W/) n the in GWh/d) (128,3 rjcs omn the forming projects ring zh mostly of mostly village - projects TRA projects a to the border with border the to by a50 loop km oi . Novi /d)to Turkey. for construction of construction neto and injection diameter Dn diameter transac gas shall be shall tions. - T the ing N he le - concept of a gas hub is in line with the projects for development of the Southern Gas Corridor and in full accordance with the plans for development of the gas infrastructure in Europe towards improving the security of supply and diversification of the sources of natural gas supply.

The establishment of a gas hub aims at construction of the necessary gas transmission infrastructure to connect the natural gas markets of the Member States in the region - Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, , Croatia, Slovenia and through them to the Member States in Central and , as well as the countries of the Energy Community - Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc., thus contributing to achievement of the European energy policy main priorities.

Natural gas quantities from various sources could enter the hub - Russian natural gas through the gas pipeline South Stream, Russian gas though the existing route, natural gas produced in the Black Sea shelf - Bulgarian (from blocks Khan Asparuh, Silistar, Teres) and Romanian, natural gas from sources of the Southern Gas Corridor (Caspian, Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean) and LNG from the terminals in Greece and Turkey.

Information concerning the public and planning of public discussions:

- Conducting discussions and consultations with the public concerned in accordance with the effective regulations in Bulgaria in the field of design and environmental protection, such as the Spatial Development Act, Environmental Protection Act and other regulations applicable at the particular stage of the project.

Contractor of the project:

Bulgartransgaz EAD 1336 , POB 3, Lyulin 2 residential area 66 Pancho Vladigerov Blvd. Headquarters: + 359 2 939 63 00 Fax: + 359 2 925 00 63 e-mail: [email protected] 011,v01 - ВН - ОД

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