BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 27. The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria will be commissioned in June 2022 and will start gas supplies from Azerbaijan in September, said Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Trend reports.
Gas transportation via this route will ensure lower prices in the country and stronger energy independence, Bulgarian media quoted the prime minister as saying.
“The impossibility of Azerbaijani gas supplies via IGB caused a price hike last winter,” Petkov explained.
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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