The 182-kilometer pipeline will support Bulgaria, which has been struggling to secure affordable gas supplies since the end of April, when Russia’s Gazprom halted deliveries over Sofia’s refusal to pay in rubles.
Russia reduced gas supplies to Europe after the West imposed sanctions on Moscow over the launch of military operations in Ukraine, which made the European Union countries rush to secure alternative supplies amid high prices.
“People here in Bulgaria and across Europe are feeling the consequences of the Russian war. But thanks to projects like these, Europe will have enough,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the opening ceremony in Sofia attended by the leaders of Bulgaria, Greece, Azerbaijan, Romania, Serbia and North Macedonia. of gas for the winter.
The pipeline between Greece and Bulgaria is expected to transport one billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria.
With an initial capacity of three billion cubic meters annually, and plans to increase the quantity later to five billion cubic meters, the pipeline can provide quantities of non-Russian gas to Serbia, North Macedonia, neighboring Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.
The pipeline will transport gas from the city of Komotini in northern Greece to Starazagora in Bulgaria. This line is connected to another pipeline, which is part of the Southern Gas Corridor that transports gas from Azerbaijan to Europe.
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