Stroytransgaz consortium to construct South Stream in Bulgaria (map)
Today in Sofia (Bulgaria) South Stream Bulgaria announced the results of the bidding procedure for detailed engineering, material and equipment supply, construction and assembly operations, personnel training and South Stream gas trunkline commissioning in the Republic of Bulgaria, Gazprom says in its press release.
Stroytransgaz consortium comprised of Russian Stroytransgaz and Bulgarian Gasproekt Jug won the bid.
11 participants competed in the advertised bidding, which started in December 2013. Taking part in the procedure were companies from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia and Sweden.
The bidding procedure consisted of two stages. During the first stage the candidates were selected based on the compliance of submitted bidding documents with the announced bidding terms. During the second stage the tender board evaluated the candidates' technical and financial formal offers. The winner of the bid was chosen on the basis of formal offer evaluation.
Stroytransgaz is a Russian constructing company implementing full-cycle infrastructure projects in the gas and oil sector. Its core businesses are engineering, procurement, construction, retrofitting and technical support of oil and gas facilities.
Gasproekt Jug is a Bulgarian constructing company engaged in engineering, procurement and building & installation operations. The company includes Industrial Construction Holding, Technoexportstroy, Glavbolgarstroy, Ponsstroyengineering, PST Holding.
The Bulgarian section, the most capital intensive and technically challenging one, is the first onshore segment of the South Stream gas pipeline. The main pipeline route will run from the Black Sea coast to the Serbian border as well as a 59-kilometer branch to the gas distribution hub in Provadia (gas is fed into the existing Bulgarian gas pipeline network to be conveyed to Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek and Macedonian consumers). The main gas route of the Bulgarian section is 641 kilometers long; the length of the looping system will total 362 kilometers. Provision is made for the construction of a receiving terminal and three compressor stations (aggregate capacity of 300 MW) near Varna, Lozen and Rasovo.
South Stream is Gazprom's global infrastructure project aimed at constructing a gas pipeline with a capacity of 63 billion cubic meters across the Black Sea to Southern and Central Europe for the purpose of diversifying the natural gas export routes and eliminating transit risks. The first gas will be supplied via South Stream in late 2015. The gas pipeline will reach its full capacity in 2018.