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Bulgaria suggests accelerating gas project implementation with Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.7 / Trend, E.Ismayilov / Bulgaria suggests accelerating implementation of a project agreed with Azerbaijan for the supply of one billion cubic meters of gas, Bulgarian media outlets quote the country's President Georgi Purvanov, as saying.
The sides signed a Memorandum of Understating to supply one billion cubic meters of the Azerbaijani gas in November 2009.
Purvanov also stressed the importance of accelerating construction of gas system interconnectors with Turkey and Greece, speeding up and deepening work on a strategic project for shipping compressed gas across the Black Sea, and pursuing the subject of liquefied gas terminals together with Bulgaria's southern neighbors.
"Within this context, Bulgaria can propose combining the capabilities for supply of compressed and liquefied gas as a solution for European energy security in case Nabucco runs into difficulties," he said.
"We must re-invigorate our energy diplomacy," Purvanov added.
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary signed the Baku Declaration on the draft Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romanian Interconnector (AGRI) on Sept. 14 in Baku. Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are working on the issue of transporting compressed gas through the Black Sea.
The capacity of the AGRI Project is considered in three variants - two billion cubic meters of gas per year, five billion cubic meters and eight billion cubic meters. According to preliminary data, depending on the capacity of the project, the cost varies from 1.2 billion to 4.5 billion euros.
The AGRI project envisages transporting Azerbaijani gas via pipelines to the Black Sea coast of Georgia, where the gas will be liquefied at a special terminal. The gas will then be delivered to a terminal at the Romanian port of Constanta via tankers. Later, the liquefied gas will be brought into the state of natural gas and will be directed towards covering the needs of Romania and other European countries.
The sides signed a Memorandum of Understating to supply one billion cubic meters of the Azerbaijani gas in November 2009.
Purvanov also stressed the importance of accelerating construction of gas system interconnectors with Turkey and Greece, speeding up and deepening work on a strategic project for shipping compressed gas across the Black Sea, and pursuing the subject of liquefied gas terminals together with Bulgaria's southern neighbors.
"Within this context, Bulgaria can propose combining the capabilities for supply of compressed and liquefied gas as a solution for European energy security in case Nabucco runs into difficulties," he said.
"We must re-invigorate our energy diplomacy," Purvanov added.
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary signed the Baku Declaration on the draft Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romanian Interconnector (AGRI) on Sept. 14 in Baku. Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are working on the issue of transporting compressed gas through the Black Sea.
The capacity of the AGRI Project is considered in three variants - two billion cubic meters of gas per year, five billion cubic meters and eight billion cubic meters. According to preliminary data, depending on the capacity of the project, the cost varies from 1.2 billion to 4.5 billion euros.
The AGRI project envisages transporting Azerbaijani gas via pipelines to the Black Sea coast of Georgia, where the gas will be liquefied at a special terminal. The gas will then be delivered to a terminal at the Romanian port of Constanta via tankers. Later, the liquefied gas will be brought into the state of natural gas and will be directed towards covering the needs of Romania and other European countries.
