Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection
Natural gas pipeline connecting Belarus, Lithuania and Russia
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The Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection (Minsko–Kaliningrado dujotiekis) is a natural gas pipeline interconnection between Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, Lithuania and Belarus. Currently, it is the only pipeline supplying natural gas to Kaliningrad Oblast.[1]
| Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection Minsko–Kaliningrado dujotiekis | |
|---|---|
Map of Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection Minsko–Kaliningrado dujotiekis | |
| Location | |
| Country | Belarus Lithuania Russia |
| General direction | east-west |
| From | Minsk, Belarus |
| Passes through | Belarus-Lithuania border, Vilnius, Jonava, Kaunas, Šakiai, Lithuania-Russia border |
| To | Kaliningrad, Russia |
| General information | |
| Type | natural gas |
| Partners | Amber Grid Gazprom |
| Commissioned | 1988 |
| Technical information | |
| Maximum discharge | 2.5 billion cubic metres per annum (88×109 cu ft/a) |
| Diameter | 700 mm (28 in) |
Lithuania has a contract with Gazprom on gas transit to Kaliningrad via pipeline until 2025.[2]
History
The construction of the pipeline was completed in 1988.[3]
In 2005, Gazprom built the Krasnoznamenskaya compressor station.[citation needed]
In 2009, the second line of the pipeline was finished, which allowed the expanded maximum discharge of up to 2.5 billion cubic metres annually.[4]
In 2016, a 25 km gas pipeline branch to Chernyakhovsk and an automated gas distribution station were put into service.[citation needed]
In October 2017, Gazprom completed the construction of two gas pipeline branches stretching to the towns of Gusev and Sovetsk.[citation needed]
In April 2022, President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda announced that Lithuanian national gas transmission operator Amber Grid and Lithuania have completely stopped purchasing 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.[5]
Connection to Jonava
In 2019, Amber Grid renovated a gas distribution station in Jonava, Lithuania.[6] The new station's capacity expanded to 2.3 billion cubic metres per annum (81×109 cu ft/a) and supplied the Achema plant in Jonava, the largest consumer of natural gas in Lithuania.[7] In October 2021 the proposed reconstruction project for the Jonava link was released.[citation needed]
Jonava connection within Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection
Pipeline near Gaižiūnai
