BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.2. Serbia will cover one third of demand with Azerbaijani gas, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Serbia, Dubravka Djedovic said in an exclusive interview with Trend.
“Serbia is making intensive efforts to diversify the sources of natural gas supply, which is a condition for ensuring our energy security, independence and getting the opportunity to obtain larger volumes of gas. Following the completion of the construction of Serbia-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector, it will be possible to meet about one third of Serbia's gas needs with gas supplied from Azerbaijan, which will become one of our key energy partners,” she added.
Djedovic noted that the works on the Serbia-Bulgaria Gas Interconnector began in February 2022, and completion of these works is planned for the end of this year.
“By this interconnection, with a capacity of 1.8 billion cubic meters of gas, Serbia will be connected to gas sources that are reaching Greece, including from the gas fields in the Caspian region and the LNG terminal in Alexandropoulos,” the minister explained.
Azerbaijan produced 46.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2022, 6.5 percent, or 2.9 billion cubic meters more as compared to 2021. A total of 22.3 billion cubic meters of the total volume of Azerbaijani gas produced in 2022, were exported, which is 18 percent more than in 2021.
Azerbaijan’s gas supplies to Europe stood at 11.4 billion cubic meters in 2022.
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