Envoy: Bulgaria To Receive About 440M Cu. M Of Gas From Azerbaijan In Jul-Dec 22
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Ayya Lmahamad
Bulgaria will receive about 440 million cubic meters of gas from
Azerbaijan in July-December 2022, Azerbaijani Ambassador to
Bulgaria Huseyn Huseynov said in an interview with fakti.bg , Azernews reports.
He recalled that there is a signed contract for the annual
supply of 1 billion cubic meters of Natural gas to Bulgaria from
Azerbaijan. The ambassador mentioned that from December 31, 2020,
Azerbaijani natural gas is delivered to Bulgaria via an alternative
route through Nea Mesemvria.
“The agreement for the supply of natural gas from Azerbaijan
stipulates that the gas will be delivered via the Interconnector
Greece Bulgaria pipeline, from Komotini, Greece to Stara Zagora,
Bulgaria. Due to delays in the construction of the IGB gas
pipeline, in 2020 Bulgargaz held negotiations with the supplier
company. As a result, a compromise solution was reached for
temporary supply on an alternative route. Immediately after the
commissioning of the IGB gas pipeline, Bulgaria will start
receiving gas from Azerbaijani through the point in Komotini, from
where the gas will be delivered in full volume at the agreed
price,” he said.
Huseyn Huseynov added that as a result of recent negotiations
between the two countries, from July 1, 2022, about 2.6 million
cubic meters are exported to Bulgaria per day, which is the
originally agreed full volume.
“In addition, in order to supply additional volumes of natural
gas to Bulgaria, the Bulgargaz must agree with the supplier company
from Azerbaijan on certain technical and commercial aspects of the
supply,” he added.
The IGB gas pipeline connects to the Greek national gas
transmission system in Komotini and the Bulgarian national gas
transmission system in Stara Zagora. The pipeline's length is 182
km, with a capacity of up to 3bn cubic meters per year in the
direction from Greece to Bulgaria. The pipeline is designed to
increase its capacity up to 5 bcm/y depending on market interest
and the capacities of neighboring gas transmission systems.
The opening ceremony of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria was
held in Komotini on July 8.
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