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Bulgaria will start the transit of Russian gas to the EU via the Turkish stream with the beginning of the year

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Bulgarian side is ready to provide from the beginning of the year the transit of gas supplies to Greece and Macedonia, North of the pipeline "Turkish stream".

Bulgaria will start the transit of Russian gas to the EU via the Turkish stream with the beginning of the year

this week "Bulgartransgaz" will begin to fill with gas 11-kilometer section of the pipeline on its territory, and Turkey - to 140-kilometer stretch of the "Turkish stream". November 30, Turkey has made "Golden" weld connecting the pipeline with the "Bulgarian stream" and from the beginning of 2020 will ensure the transit of Russian gas to Europe.

"According to EU rules we have done all that is required and at present Bulgaria does not postpone the construction of the Turkish stream", - said Chairman of the Energy Committee of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Valentin Nikolov.

the head of the Bulgarian gas company "Bulgartransgaz" Vladimir the crimson said that the laying of pipes to the border with Serbia on the section of the pipeline, "Bulgarian" flow length of 308 kilometers will be completed by may 31. After that, the supply pipeline will be carried out in a volume of 8.75 million cubic meters of gas per day. To this gas through the territory of Bulgaria will be held under the existing gas transportation network.

the Project "Turkish stream" involves construction of a pipeline, consisting of two lines with a capacity of 15.75 billion cubic meters each. The first line is designed to supply Russian gas to Turkish consumers, the other for the gas supply countries in southern and South-Eastern Europe. As potential markets, "Gazprom" considers Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.

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