Regardless of optimism we gain from Black Sea gas and oil exploration, we are far from industrial gas production, Chairman of the Bulgarian Commission for Water and Energy Regulation, Ivan Ivanov said. According to the regulator, a major..
Shell is going to start exploration drilling for oil and natural gas at the Han Kubrat block on April 1, the company reported. Exploration work will take place 1300 meters below sea level at a distance of 80 kilometers from the coastline south of..
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have discussed energy cooperation between Sofia and Baku. "We have been planning to complete the construction of the inter-connector with Greece by 2020 in order to reach the..
For the TurkStream pipeline project to pass through Bulgaria, the law in the EU has been observed down to the last letter, said Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova. “We cannot sit and wait for certain favourable events to take place. We need..
Bulgaria is our gateway to the European markets and the markets in Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans in particular, Director of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company SOCAR Balkan Murad Heydarov said. The Southern Gas Corridor aims to help other gas..
Bulgaria expects that Azerbaijan would be among the main suppliers of gas to the future Balkan gas distribution hub, this country’s Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova said. The strategic energy partnership between Bulgaria and Azerbaijan envisages..
The local gas extraction in the Black Sea is among the most realistic types of diversification of the energy sources the Bulgarian government strives towards. The local sources will help Bulgaria reach energy independence, this country’s Minister of..
Bulgaria is interested in the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Serbia. This is what Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview with BTV. She recalled that an invitation to Putin to visit..
The second pipe of "Turkish Stream" is going to pass through Bulgaria, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said at a briefing in the National Assembly. Bulgarian gas company Bulgartransgaz will have to build a pipe from the Turkish border to..
According to Bulgarian Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova, there was no reason to worry tensions between Russia and Ukraine would affect gas supplies to this country. She added that currently supplies of blue fuel have the usual parameters. She..
