Transport du gaz

Renforcement Gascogne Midi (RGM)

2015-2018

To remove the difference in natural gas prices between the North and the South of France, Teréga, with its Gascogne Midi Improvement (RGM) project has been involved in a national project to improve natural gas transport infrastructures.

Objectifs du projet

Once the necessary authorisations had been granted, the RGM project was able to get under way in July 2017 under extreme weather conditions. Despite the inconvenience, the project was completed and able to start accepting gas on 31 October 2018, with TRF being introduced on 1 November 2018. This technical project was:

Human

Mobilising up to 460 people at its height

Operational

Improving the Gascogne Artery by building a new pipeline between Lussagnet (Landes) and Barran (Gers), and improving the Midi Artery by adding a compressor at the Barbaira (Aude) compression station

Commercial

Introducing a single price for gas in France

RGM: a “local” project for national purposes

As an essential link in introducing TRF, this major project for Teréga brought a strategic solution to congestion on the gas grid between the North and South areas. Launched in 2014, RGM is a large-scale project presenting various challenges:

safety and security (security of supply, safety of persons and infrastructures),
environmental (limiting effects on plants and wildlife),
technical (developing the transport grid and modifying installations on the surface)
social (project acceptability, positive externalities and economic consequences for the communes affected)