T he LNG terminal near the Greek town of Alexandroupolis has officially srarted commercial operations today, the Greek company Gastrade announced. The facility features state-of-the-art technology with a maximum regasification capacity of 5.5 billion..
The National Assembly tasked the Minister of Energy with taking actions to renegotiate the agreement between the Bulgarian state-owed natural gas supplier Bulgartransgaz and the Turkish energy company Botas, in order to protect the interests of the..
Bulgaria's only gas storage facility "Chiren" is already filled to over 90% of its technical storage capacity. According to the executive director of the gas operator Bulgartransgaz, Vladimir Malinov, for the first time in the history of the operation..
The Bulgarian gas transmission operator "Bulgartransgaz" and the operator of the gas transmission system of the Republic of North Macedonia "GA-MA" signed an interconnection agreement for the Kyustendil/Zhidilovo point. The agreement is of key..
The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) has requested an urgent information from Bulgargaz, Bulgartransgaz and Balkan Gas Hub about the measures they have taken to prevent a potential gas supply crisis in the forthcoming winter heating..
The EU Energy Council has agreed that gas storage sites in the Community must be filled to at least 80% of their capacity by Nov. 1, 2022 , and to 90% by Nov. 1 in subsequent years. In the case of Bulgaria, which only has the Chiren gas..
Gas transmission to Serbia, Hungary and Romania resumed at midnight, Bulgartransgaz announced. This happened after the end of the repair works on the damaged gas pipeline near the village of Vetrino. Gas transmission was temporarily suspended on..
Caretaker Energy Minister Andrey Zhivkov is demanding that the Bulgarian Energy Holding remove the management of the gas operator Bulgartransgaz EAD. The results of a probe by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, made public last week,..
Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov arrived in Greece. He is participating together with Greece’s Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis at an official ceremony at which the Bulgarian gas operator Bulgartransgaz is becoming an equal shareholder in the project..
Political instability and US sanctions are affecting current gas pipeline projects, Kiril Temelkov, a former executive director of Bulgartransgaz, told the BNR. But energy projects are long-term, for this reason Temelkov believes it is unlikely the next..
