Bulgaria Boosts Gas Imports From Azerbaijan
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 1. Bulgaria has imported
74.8 million cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan in April
2023, as compared to 44.5 million cubic meters in March 2023,
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, told
trend .
As such, the country's gas imports from Azerbaijan rose by more
than 68 percent month-on-month.
The value of gas supplies stood at 29,873,543 euros in April,
compared to 30,492,637 euros in March, showing more than 2 percent
decrease.
Bulgaria started importing gas from Azerbaijan via the
Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) which was put into operation
on October 1, 2022. The contracted volume of gas supplies via this
interconnector is 1 billion cubic meters per year. The total
capacity of IGB is 3 billion cubic meters, expandable to 5 billion
cubic meters per year.
Azerbaijan exports gas to Europe via the Trans Adriatic
Pipeline, the final leg of the Southern Gas Corridor. The initial
capacity of TAP is 10 billion cubic meters expandable to 20 billion
cubic meters per year.
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