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Is the ’Bulgarian Stream’ on its way?

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Turbulence is triggered by the statement of the President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, as recorded by Kommersant newspaper.

According to him, both Bulgaria and Russia will only benefit from the ’resurrection’ of the rejected South Stream pipeline, which was intended to be the counterweight to the Nord Stream pipeline and to feed the Balkans and SE Europe more widely with Russian natural gas.

If its revival is not feasible, it could very well, he argued, build a submarine pipeline under the Black Sea that will directly connect Russia with Bulgaria, irrespective of the Turkish Stream pipeline, which already links Russia with Turkey.

#gaz #guerre_du_gaz #bulgarie #russie #gazprom #nabucco #mer_noie #crimée

Gazprom to Build Gas Link to Austria Bypassing Ukraine With OMV
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Gazprom and OMV AG agreed today to create a joint venture to build and operate the 50-kilometer (30-mile) section of the South Stream pipeline in Austria at a signing ceremony in Vienna. They approved a final investment decision for the link, with capacity to carry as much as 32 billion cubic meters of gas a year, Gazprom said in a statement. That is about 20 percent of Russian exports to Europe.
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The Austrian link is set to start operating from the end of 2016, under the 50-50 joint venture with OMV, Gazprom said in its statement. Miller said commercial deliveries will begin in 2017 and reach project capacity within 12 months. The agreement is legally binding, he said.

Mais qu’en est-il des contraintes de la Communauté européenne ?

The European Commission has called for Gazprom to allow access to South Stream in line with the EU’s internal unbundling laws, a demand that Russia and the state-run exporter have rejected. Earlier this month, the commission asked Bulgaria to suspend works on South Stream, citing concerns over a public tender processes.

EUobserver / Bulgaria freezes work on South Stream pipeline
▻http://euobserver.com/foreign/124527

Bulgaria has frozen construction on Russia’s strategic South Stream gas pipeline due to EU and US pressure.

Bulgarian PM Plamen Oresharski announced the move on Sunday (8 June) after meeting three US senators in Sofia.

“We discussed South Stream and the EC’s [European Commission] request regarding EU legal procedures. I pointed out the project will go forward only after we resolve all the issues which Brussels has”, he said.

“I have ordered to stop construction until the procedure is agreed with Brussels”.

The commission has taken legal action against Bulgaria on grounds that public tenders for South Stream contracts broke EU rules.

#European_Commission #South_Stream #Bulgaria #USA #Energy #Dependence #Vladimir_Chizhov

Russia starts construction of the South Stream pipeline
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Russia starts construction of the South Stream pipeline
By Clara Weiss
14 December 2012

On December 7, the first two sections of the South Stream pipeline were laid in the southern Russian city of Anapa on the Black Sea. The pipeline will run along the bottom of the Black Sea and transport gas from southern Russia through Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary and Slovenia to Italy, bypassing Ukraine on the way.

South Stream is to be completed by 2015 and will provide Central Europe with up to 63 billion cubic metres of gas per year. Along with the Russian state company Gazprom, which holds 50 percent of shares, other major participants in the project are the German company Wintershall, the French company EDF, and the Italian energy group Eni.