BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 19. Gas flows via the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) will begin on July 1, 2022, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said during the inspection of the pipeline’s construction.
He said the work on the project over the past three months has advanced as much as over the entire previous year, adding that the construction will be competed at the end of June, Trend reports with reference to Bulgarian media.
Petkov pointed out that he has very good communication with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and stressed the importance of the Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector for the diversification of natural gas supplies.
The IGB project is of key importance for increasing security of supply and for ensuring diversification of natural gas sources for Bulgaria and the region of Southeast Europe. At the regional level, IGB will provide access to the gas transmission network for Bulgarian municipalities and regions that didn’t have an option for connectivity. The interconnector with Greece is an entirely new route for the transmission of natural gas to Europe and will give Bulgaria and the region access to supplies from new sources. The project will connect the country with the Southern Gas Corridor and has excellent synergy with other major energy projects such as TAP, TANAP, EastMed and the LNG terminal at Alexandroupolis.
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