During the construction of the gas interconnection Poland - Lithuania GIPL, 102 km of the laid new gas interconnection have been tested. The total length of the gas pipeline is 165 km. Conducted hydraulic tests proved the pipeline to withstand maximum pressure loads planned. GIPL gas pipeline pressure in this section will be 54 bar.
Gas transmission system operators Amber Grid, Conexus Baltic Grid, Elering and Gasgrid Finland, continue their cooperation by organizing a series of online seminars on the integration of the Baltic and Finnish gas markets in 2021.
Lithuanian gas transmission system operator Amber Grid on Monday received a notice that at Gazprom's request, gas transit from Lithuania to Kaliningrad is temporarily suspended.
According to the unaudited data, gas transmission system operator Amber Grid owned by state-controlled energy transmission and exchange group EPSO-G together with its affiliate gas exchange GET Baltic earned EUR 52.3 million in the pandemic year of 2020.
While implementing the international GIPL gas interconnection project, the contractors laying the gas pipeline in Lithuania and Poland have accomplished planned works at the border of these countries.