Bulgaria's Azerbaijani Gas Import Volume Revealed
Date
8/11/2024 5:18:10 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. Bulgaria imported
44.6 million cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan in May
2024, remaining nearly unchanged from the same period last year,
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, told
Trend.
The total value of these gas imports decreased by almost 9
percent, from 27.1 million euros to 24.7 million euros.
In 2023, Bulgaria imported over 920 million cubic meters of gas
from Azerbaijan, amounting to 311.5 million euros. From January to
May 2024, Bulgaria received 218.4 million cubic meters of gas worth
117.7 million euros, compared to 220.3 million cubic meters valued
at 145.5 million euros during the same period last year.
Bulgaria began importing gas from Azerbaijan via the
Greece-Bulgaria Interconnector (IGB) on October 1, 2022. The
contract volume for gas supplies through this interconnector is 1
billion cubic meters per year, with a total capacity of 3 billion
cubic meters, expandable to 5 billion cubic meters per year.
Azerbaijan supplies gas to Europe through the Trans Adriatic
Pipeline (TAP), part of the Southern Gas Corridor, with a capacity
of 10 billion cubic meters, expandable to 20 billion cubic meters
per year.
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