The construction of the Strachocina – Pogórska Wola gas pipeline has been completed

Photo of the article Another element of the North–South Corridor, which is one of GAZ-SYSTEM’s largest investment programmes, has been commissioned. The new high-pressure gas pipeline Strachocina – Pogórska Wola, 97.4 km long, connects two nodes: recently commissioned, located in Strachocina (Sanok Commune) as well as the expanded junction and gas compressor station in Pogórska Wola (Skrzyszów Commune). As part of this investment, 6 shut-off and relief units were also constructed as well as a fibre optic line was laid along the entire route of the gas pipeline.
– The Strachocina - Pogórska Wola gas pipeline is one of the last investments that make up the North–South Corridor programme currently being finalised by GAZ-SYSTEM. The completion of this section was difficult as it led through a geologically diverse area of the Carpathian Foothills, with a large number of trenchless crossings and landslides requiring specialist protection – said Artur Zawartko, Vice-President of the Management Board of GAZ-SYSTEM.
The constructed gas pipeline runs through 13 communes (12 in Podkarpackie Voivodeship and 1 in Małopolskie Voivodeship).
The construction process, using slightly invasive trenchless methods, witnessed the overcoming of more than 80 terrain obstacles, including 9 with the Direct Pipe method and 31 with the micro-tunnelling method. Some of the welding work was carried out – for the first time in Poland in the construction of strategic gas pipelines – using the innovative CRC Evans® welding method.
The project involving the construction of the Strachocina – Pogórska Wola gas pipeline was co-funded from the European Regional Development Fund under the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020, and the amount of this funding was PLN 236.67 million.