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Bulgaria-Greece gas link to be ready by 2015 [May 11, 2012] Greece and Bulgaria plan to complete the construction of a 200-million-euro pipeline connecting their natural gas grids by 2015, said Elio Ruggeri, chief executive officer of IGI Poseidon SA. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Pins Hopes on Georgia to Diversify Gas Supplies [Apr 01, 2012] Bulgaria's prime minister said in Georgia he has seen for the first time ever a realistic opportunity to diversify his country's gas supplies. "Bulgaria and Georgia will work actively for drawing up a memorandum for gas supplies," Boyko Borisov said after meeting his Georgian counterpart Nikoloz Gilauri. Bulgaria currently imports 90% of its gas from OAO Gazprom, Russia's natural-gas export ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Quits Belene Nuclear Power Plant Project [Mar 28, 2012] Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Power Plant will not be constructed, the country's Deputy Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov announced on on Wednesday. A natural gas power plant will be built in the Danube town of Belene instead, Goranov told reporters after Wednesday's Council of Ministers sitting. The nuclear reactor already assembled by Rosatom subsidiary Atomstroyexport and originally meant for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria at Euro-Caspian energy crossroads [Feb 09, 2012] MONTREAL - Bulgaria, in southeastern Europe, is fast becoming a fiercely fought over territory amongst competing projects aimed at transporting Caspian natural gas to Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria considers ban on hydraulic fracking [Jan 18, 2012] Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria considers ban on hydraulic fracking [Jan 18, 2012] Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas. [via YahooNews] More >>

Summary Box: Bulgaria bans Chevron from fracking [Jan 17, 2012] BULGARIA BLOCK: Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas.FRACTURED: The technique, ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Summary Box: Bulgaria bans Chevron from fracking [Jan 17, 2012] BULGARIA BLOCK: Bulgaria, which is almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, has banned Chevron Corp. from using hydraulic fracturing techniques to get at natural gas. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Start Building Gas Links to Greece, Romania in 2012 [Dec 25, 2011] Bulgaria is about to start construction a natural gas interconnection with Romania in a few weeks, according to Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov. The building of the Bulgarian-Greek gas interconnection will be started in the third quarter of 2012, Traikov told BTA Sunday. Bulgaria moved to link its natural gas grid to that of its neighbors after the January 2009 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Aliyev: Bulgaria Among First to Get Gas from Azerbaijan [Nov 15, 2011] Bulgaria might be one of the first countries to receive Azerbaijani natural gas supplies, according to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, who received Monday his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov. "If we look at the geography, we can see that Bulgaria is one of the closest to our gas. Naturally, Bulgaria may be one of the first countries to receive our gas.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Gas Supplier Offers 17.61% Price Hike in Q1 2012 [Nov 14, 2011] Natural gas in Bulgaria should cost BGN 699.05 per 1000 cubic meters, VAT excluded, in Q1 2012, or 17.61% over the Q4 2011, according to preliminary estimates of Bulgargaz. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Show EU How to Make Gas Deals with Azerbaijan - President [Nov 14, 2011] The expected deliveries of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria will be a "small breakthrough" for the European Union, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov declared in Baku. Parvanov met Monday with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, who confirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to providing Bulgaria's with about 1 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year once the respective gas transit ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Gas, Heating Prices Go Up Oct 1 [Oct 01, 2011] Natural gas, hot water, and central heating have new, higher prices in Bulgaria, effective Saturday. Natural gas now costs BGN 594.37 for 1 000 cubic meters, which is nearly 7% more, while heating is up over 12%. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Natural Gas Consumption, Output Grew in 2010 - Bulgargaz [Aug 10, 2011] Bulgaria's consumption of natural gas grew by 2% in 2010 compared with 2009, according to the newly released financial report of state company Bulgargaz. The Bulgargaz report, which has been published in the Bulgarian Trade Registry, states that in 2010 the Bulgarian economy and households consumed a total of 2.53 billion cubic meters of natural gas compared with 2.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Parvanov, Gul: Bulgaria, Turkey to Secure Plenty of Gas for Nabucco [Jul 11, 2011] Bulgaria and Turkey are going to use their contacts to secure more natural gas for the Nabucco gas than the future European gas transit pipeline needs, according to Presidents Georgi Parvanov and Abdullah Gul. Turkey's President Gul arrived on a two-day visit to Bulgaria on Monday, and his first meeting was with his Bulgarian counterpart Parvanov. ?Bulgaria through its contacts has reached ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Looks at Giving Up on Russian Gas [Jul 07, 2011] Bulgaria is making definite steps to achieve a fourfold reduction in the amount of natural gas it is buying from Russia, according to an extensive publication by Russian paper Kommersant. Looking at boosting its own gas production, but also at diversifying imports, Bulgaria hopes to achieve a reduction from the 2 B cubic meters of gas it buys from Russia per annum, to some 500 M cub.m in 2-3 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Set to Benefit Big from Newly-Found Natural Gas Deposit [Jul 05, 2011] A newly-discovered natural gas deposit near Lovech in Northern Bulgaria contains 10 billion cubic meters of gas, Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism announced. Traikov said that Bulgaria will soon be able to extract about 1 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year, or about one-third of its annual consumption. He spoke Tuesday night without providing details about the deposit ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Sofia decouples from Nabucco [Jun 27, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 27 (UPI) -- Bulgaria is no longer interested in linking future natural gas connections with Turkey to the Nabucco pipeline, the country's economic minister announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Sign on Nabucco Pipeline in Turkey on June 6 [May 23, 2011] Bulgaria's Bulgargaz, a daughter company of the Bulgarian Energy Holding, will participate in the official signing of an agreement on the Nabucco gas transit pipeline in Turkey on June 6 2011 Besides the Bulgarian company, the shareholders which will sign the agreement are OMV (Austria), BOTAS (Turkey), Transgaz (Romania), Mol Natural Gas (Hungary) and RWE (Germany) Each shareholder holds an ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Energy Watchdog Lowers Heating Prices by 5,2% [Dec 27, 2010] Bulgaria?s State Commission for energy and Water Regulation ( DKEVR ) has approved a price reduction of 5,17% for natural gas from January 1, 2011. [via YahooNews] More >>