Bulgaria aims to increase gas supplies from Caspian region through SGC

“One of the Bulgarian main objectives with regard to the diversification of energy sources is increasing diversification of the sources of natural gas supply from the Caspian Region via the Southern Gas Corridor,” Bulgarian Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov told Report.

"This objective is stated in our Integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2021 – 2030. We appreciate the opportunity for natural gas supply via the Southern Gas Corridor as this results in real diversification of the sources of natural gas supply to Bulgaria,” the minister said.

Alexander Nikolov noted that the IGB project will provide Bulgaria and other countries in Southeast and Central Europe with access to the Southern Gas Corridor. It will also ensure that Bulgaria is able to import the contracted quantity of 1 billion m3 of natural gas per year from Shah Deniz 2 gas field in Azerbaijan.

The full text of the interview can be found here.