Quick appraisal of major project application : magistralinio dujotiekio Jurbarkas-Klaipėda statyba : construction of Jurbarkas-Klaipėda transmission pipeline

The project "Construction of Jurbarkas-Klaipėda gas transmission pipeline" aims at constructing a gas transmission pipeline from Jurbarkas to Klaipėda long 137.6 km. Natural gas would be transmitted by this transmission line. The project is in line with Operational Programme for Economic Growth for 2007-2013 (priority 4: Basic Economic Infrastructure, investment area: energy supply networks) - Lithuania must expand and modernise its gas transmission networks and systems, in particular in Western Lithuania, create preconditions for the integration of the Baltic States' market, and construct in the territory of Lithuania or the Baltic States a storage facility and/or a liquefied natural gas import terminal. The implementation of the project creating a ring in the gas transmission system will also accelerate the EU Regulation 994/2010 allowing the reverse flow inside the country. The main objective of the "Quick Appraisal" of this large project applying for EU co-financing is to verify how well the project has been planned and whether the application submitted to the Commission is compliant with the requirements established in the relevant regulations governing the use of EU funds.