Capacity enhancement of Klaipeda–Kiemenai pipeline

By implementing this project the following objectives will be achieved:

• diversification of the natural gas sources for Baltic States and decrease independence on Russian gas supplies;
• increase of security of gas supply. The shortage in gas supply to Baltic States could be covered in case of disruptions in gas supplies from the Russia;
• access to the global LNG market via LNG Terminal in Klaipeda for all Baltic States;
• more effective integration of such key infrastructure projects like gas interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) into the regional gas market;
• strengthened energy solidarity between Baltic States creating basis for further BEMIP development;
• improvement in technical reliability of gas supply for the customers by diversifying the imported gas supply directions;
• increase of market opportunities for the market players in the Baltic States and competitiveness in the region;
• higher flexibility and reliability of gas transmission system. KKP project would support the connection of new biogas plants to the gas transmission system in the North-Western Lithuania, provided that all the technical, quality and other standard requirements are met.

The project is being implemented by AB Amber Grid.

The milestones of the project:

• Feasibility Study, Business Plan, Cost Benefit Analysis (2013),
• Project was included into the Union list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) adopted by European Commission (2013),
• Lithuanian Government provided for the Project the status of national economic importance (2013),
• Project was included in the European Energy Security Strategy as one of the key EU‘s security of supply infrastructure projects (2014);
• Lithuanian and Latvian national regulatory authorities has adopted cross-border cost allocation decision regarding Project implementation (2014);
• Project application for EU financial support from Connecting Europe Facility funds for engineering and construction works has been submitted to the Innovation & Networks Executive Agency (2014)
• Environmental Impact Assessment and Territory Planning (2013- July 2014),
• Engineering design and construction (2014-2015).

Information about the project:

• Technical parameters of the Gas Transmission Pipeline: length: ~110 km, diameter: Ø800 mm.
• Maximum operating pressure: 5.4 MPa.
• Investments ~LTL 220 million (EUR 64 million).

Further steps have been undertaken to secure that construction of the Project would be granted the EU financial assistance from the EU's Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program.

The project is a part of the following plans:

• The European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-G) Ten-year  Network Development Plan for 2013–2022.
• Natural Gas Transmission System Operator ten-year system development plan for 2013–2022.

Route of the Gas Transmission Pipeline