Project Profile
Value: US$2.5 billion
Location: Iran\'s south pars field to European markets
Length: 3,300 kilometres (2,100 mi)
Capacity: 37–40 bcm of natural gas per year
Start-up Year: 2014
Iran–Europe pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline to transfer Iranian gas from the Persian gulf to European markets. This planned pipeline will connect Iran\'s South Pars gas field with Turkey and then with European markets. It would consist of two principal sections:
- Iranian section, also is called Iran Gas Trunkline 9 or IGAT-9, starting in Assaluyeh will transport gas from South Pars gas field to the city of Bazargan at the border with Turkey.
- The European section, which will cross Turkey, passing on to Greece and Italy. In Italy the pipeline would be split:the northern branch will run to Switzerland, Austria and Germany, while southern branch will supply France and Spain. It is not clear if the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, foreseen for Iran gas export to Europe, would be part of this project or not.
The overall length of the pipeline would be 3,300 kilometres (2,100 mi) and the capacity would be 37–40 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year. The cost of Iranian section is estimated to be around US$7 billion. This section will be 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) long and it would consist of 17 compressor stations. Each compressor station would have 4 turbo compressors. The cost of each station is expected to be around US$100 million. The Turkish section will be 660 kilometres (410 mi) long and cost about one billion euro. The pipeline would cross the difficult geographic environments, notably mountainous areas. It is expected to be operational by 2014.
Operators:
National Iranian Oil Company: Operator
Contractors:
Khatam-ul-Anbia Construction: EPC contract