BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 8. Following the construction of the Serbia-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector, Serbia will be able diversify not only gas supply routes but also suppliers, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Serbia, Dubravka Djedovic said in an exclusive interview with Trend Dec.8.
She noted that by this gas pipeline Serbia will become connected with the gas pipelines on the Southern Gas Corridor, as well as with the LNG terminal in Alexandropoulis.
“Serbia is currently being supplied with gas via the Balkan Stream gas pipeline, from the direction of Bulgaria. Once this gas pipeline was constructed, which was completed at the beginning of 2021, Serbia achieved a diversification of routes, because previously gas had been supplied exclusively from the direction of Hungary,” added the minister.
Djedovic went on to add that the capacity of the Serbia-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector is 1.8 billion cubic meters of gas per year, from Bulgaria to Serbia.
“By the time the new interconnection becomes operational, the volumes of gas that Serbia will receive through this pipeline will be contracted,” she explained.
Djedovic noted that each new interconnection implies additional security of gas supply which is why the Government of Serbia intends to build additional gas pipelines, however that will also depend on the activities undertaken by other countries.
“At present, the most certain is the construction of a gas interconnection with North Macedonia, a project that is likely to be supported by the European Union. This project is currently in its early stage of development, in the stage of starting to develop the Feasibility Study, and it should also enable connection to the gas pipeline system of the Southern Gas Corridor TANAP-TAP, through the planned Greece-North Macedonia interconnection,” said the minister.
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