BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 1
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
A total of 26,489 pipes or 324.26 kilometers were delivered to the temporary construction bases as part of construction of Balkan Stream pipeline, which is designed to be 474-kilometers long, Trend reports citing Bulgarian government’s website, as Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić inspected the pipeline’s construction.
Another 10,935 pipes or 133.52 kilometers have been delivered to the port of Bourgas.
“As a key project for market integration, Balkan Stream will contribute to ensuring the supply of natural gas to the country and the region, while contributing to the creation of real conditions for diversification of sources and routes,” reads the message. Balkan Stream will also make it possible to supply additional volumes of gas through Bulgaria.
It was noted that the project’s implementation is going in accordance with the rules of the European Union.
The excavated trench for laying the gas pipeline is 100.44 kilometers.
The pipeline route will pass through the lands of 11 districts of Varna, Shumen, Razgrad, Targovishte, Ruse, Veliko Turnovo, Lovech, Pleven, Vratsa, Montana, Vidin. In April 2019 Bulgartransgaz EAD nominated the contractor Consortium Arcade as a contractor, with which it concluded a contract on in September 2019.
The total value of the signed contract is up to 1.1 billion euros excluding VAT.
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