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Bulgaria-Romania To Launch Gas Link on November 11
The gas interconnector to Romania will become operational on November 11, stated PM Boyko Borisov at a meeting with his counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, novinite.com reads
Borisov called for the intersystem link between Serbia and Bulgaria to be completed as well, since it is vital for both countries.
The interconnector with Romania will be the first one to become operational since the gas crisis of 2009 which proved that Bulgaria is, in fact, totally dependent on deliveries of Russian gas and that the country is completely vulnerable, compared to other EU member-states.
Then, with the support of the European Commission, Bulgaria made it its purpose to secure alternative routes and sources of fuel, which the Bulgarian government managed to achieve, albeit partially, eight years later.
The inter-connector Romania-Bulgaria was financed by European funds valued at EUR 23 million, out of which EUR 10 million are allocated to the works on the Romanian shore and EUR 13 million for Bulgaria.
The Measurement of Gas station Giurgiu allows the circulation of the gas in both senses, a bi-directional flow with a dimension of a maximum debit of 1.5 billion cubic meters/year in both ways.
Transgaz in in the final stage of negotiations of Interconnection Agreement with Bulgartransgaz, the gas transport system operator from Bulgaria.