Klaipėda–Kuršėnai pipeline

Klaipėda–Kuršėnai pipeline (Lithuanian: Dujotiekis Klaipėda-Kuršėnai) is a natural gas pipeline serving as capacity expansion that connects Klaipėda LNG FSRU with northern Lithuania.[1]

Klaipėda–Kuršėnai pipeline
Map of Klaipėda–Kuršėnai pipeline
Location
CountryLithuania
General directioneast-west, west-east
FromKlaipėda, Lithuania
ToKuršėnai, Lithuania
Runs alongsideKlaipėda–Panevėžys pipeline
General information
Typenatural gas
OperatorAmber Grid
Construction started2014
Commissioned2 October 2015
Technical information
Length110 km (68 mi)
Maximum discharge2 billion cubic metres per annum (71×10^9 cu ft/a)
Diameter800 mm (31 in)

History

Project started in 2013, when Lithuanian parliament agreed to nationalise 550 private territories for project building.[2] In 2014 construction works began.

On 2 October 2015 Klaipėda–Kuršėnai pipeline was officially opened for commission.[3] Total cost of the construction was 63.7 million €.[1]

In April 2022 President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda announced that Lithuanian national gas transmission operator Amber Grid and Lithuania has completely stopped purchasing the Russian gas and the transmission system has been operating without Russian gas imports since the beginning of April with no intention to receive the Russian gas in the future via Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection.[4] Lithuania became the first EU country to end imports of Russian gas following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] As a result, Klaipėda–Kuršėnai pipeline and Klaipėda–Jurbarkas pipeline become main pipelines fulfilling Lithuania's gas demand via Klaipėda LNG FSRU.

See also

References
  1. ""Amber Grid" gavo 27,6 mln. Eur iš ES dujotiekio statybai" (in Lithuanian). Verslo žinios. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. Penkias seniūnijas kirs magistralinis dujotiekis Klaipėda-Kuršėnai Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Pradeda veikti strateginis dujotiekis Klaipėda–Kuršėnai
  4. "Lithuania completely abandons Russian gas imports". Amber Grid (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. "Lithuania becomes first EU country to end imports of Russian gas". Financial Times. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.


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