The Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection () is a natural gas pipeline interconnection between
Kaliningrad Oblast
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of
Russia
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,
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
and
Belarus
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. Currently, it is the only pipeline supplying natural gas to Kaliningrad Oblast.
Lithuania has a contract with Gazprom on gas transit to Kaliningrad via pipeline until 2025.
History
The construction of the pipeline was completed in 1988.
In 2005, Gazprom built the Krasnoznamenskaya compressor station.
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.
In 2016, a 25 km gas pipeline branch to
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk (; German: Insterburg) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District. Located at the confluence of the Instruch and Angrapa rivers, which unite to become the Pregolya river bel ...
and an automated gas distribution station were put into service.
In October 2017, Gazprom completed the construction of two gas pipeline branches stretching to the towns of
Gusev and
Sovetsk.
In April 2022,
President of Lithuania
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Gitanas Nausėda
Gitanas Nausėda (; ; born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian politician, economist, and banker who is serving as the ninth and incumbent president of Lithuania since 2019. Born in Klaipėda, Nausėda graduated from Vilnius University with an economic ...
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.
Connection to Jonava
In 2019,
Amber Grid renovated a gas distribution station in
Jonava
Jonava () is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of .
It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas International Airport. ''Achema'', t ...
, Lithuania. The new station's capacity expanded to and supplied the
Achema plant in Jonava, the largest consumer of natural gas in Lithuania.
„Amber Grid“ modernizavo dvi dujų skirstymo stotis, planuose – naujų objektų rekonstrukcija
/ref> In October 2021 the proposed reconstruction project for the Jonava link was released.
Minsk-Vilnius-Kaliningrad INTERCONNECTOR wirh Jonava link.svg, Jonava connection within Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection
Dujotiekis001.jpg, Pipeline near Gaižiūnai
Gaižiūnai is a village in Jonava district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on the Taurosta River, tributary of Neris, about southeast of Jonava and northeast of Kaunas. The railroad from Šiauliai forks into Kaunas and Vilnius near the ...
See also
* Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania
Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania (GIPL) is a gas pipeline between Poland and Lithuania. The pipeline was commissioned and started commercial operation on 1 May 2022. The length of the pipeline is and the natural gas can flow both direction ...
* Lithuania–Latvia Interconnection
References
{{coord missing, Russia
1988 establishments in the Soviet Union
Energy infrastructure completed in 1988
Natural gas pipelines in Lithuania
Natural gas pipelines in Belarus
Natural gas pipelines in Russia