Workshop on transportation routes Region South-South East24th November 2006, Vienna

Transportation route 3 – Velke Kapusany - Baumgarten

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• 1971 – construction of the 1st gas line section - for 28 bcm/y

• Today: 4 – 5 pipelines running in parallel for total capacity of 94 bcm/y

• Total length of transit system pipelines – 2270 km

• Length of route (VK – Lanžhot / Baumgarten) - about 455 km

• Transmission presently: gas import flows from Russia to western Europe only; no defaults in transit contracts in the last 10 years

Gas Transit and Transmission - Basic Historical Data

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Transit and Transmission - Basic Technical Data (1)

• Transit and transmission systems are identical, without separation

• Pipeline dimensions – from DN 50 to DN 1400, DN 1200 and DN 1400 prevail

• Nominal pressure of 6.1 MP and 7.35 MPa

• Entry point from Ukraine: Veľké Kapušany with available free firm capacity of appr. 10 mil. cm/day

• Exit point Baumgarten: no free firm daily capacity at present, interruptible capacity is offered

• Exit point Lanžhot: approximately 7 mil. cm/day free firm capacity

• Commercial unit – capacity unit in cubic meters at 20°C, absolute pressure 101.325 kPa and relative humidity 0%.

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Transit and Transmission - Basic Technical Data (2)

• Transmission system connected to the management system continuously providing with information on the state of technological devices and enabling optimal regulation of operations

• Reliable modern diagnostic methods of damages and for failure-free operation; 30 years of transmission system without serious failures

• Daily transport management through standard nomination/re-nomination procedures

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Transit and Transmission - Commercial Information

• Gas presently imported to Europe – approx. 50% from main resource in Russia

• Transit flows through Slovakia – nowadays exclusively from Russian source

• Gas import to Slovakia - about 93% to western Europe and about 7% for domestic consumption

• Contractual conditions with biggest shippers are based on historical long-term contracts for high volume quantities. There are also new short-term contracts for lower quantities.

• The access to the transmission system is regulated and subject to transparency and non-discrimination principles.

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Storage in Slovakia

• Storage facilities of 2.4 bcm in the West Slovakia used for supply purposes

• Owners:

• Nafta Gbely, a.s. (1.75 bcm)

• Pozagas Malacky, a.s. (0.65 bcm)

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Legislative Information

• Transmission and distribution activities are subject to regulation of the Regulatory Body

• Trade with commodity is not governed by regulation

• Slovak primary and secondary legislation (energy and regulation) is available on www.urso.gov.sk (also in English)