Bulgaria in Talks on Gas Deliveries from Greece's Revithoussa Terminal

Bulgaria is negotiating with neighbouring Greece possible gas supplies from the Revithoussa terminal to prepare for a possible disruption of deliveries via Ukraine, Bulgarian energy minister Vasil Shtonov said on Thursday.

The talks with the Greek side also cover providing a reverse flow through the existing cross-border gas interconnector, the energy ministry quoted Shtonov as saying in a statement.

According to Shtonov,430 million cubic metres (cu m) of natural gas have been stockpiled at Bulgaria's Chiren underground gas storage, enough to last about 120 days.

Due to technical reasons, some 4.0 million cu m can be withdrawn from the storage per day whereas daily domestic consumption reaches 10-11 million cu m in the winter, Shtonov added.

The Chiren underground gas storage can stockpile up to 550 million cu m of natural gas.

Bulgaria imports almost all the natural gas it needs from Russia through a pipeline crossing the territories of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania.

Source: SeeNews