Bulgaria ratifies South Stream deal

The Bulgarian parliament has ratified an agreement on building a gas pipeline, Russian Vice Premier Igor Sechin says.

Izvor: Ria novosti

Monday, 28.07.2008.

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The Bulgarian parliament has ratified an agreement on building a gas pipeline, Russian Vice Premier Igor Sechin says. The USD 14bn South Stream pipeline is expected to annually pump 30 billion cubic meters of Central Asian and Russian gas across the Black Sea to the Balkans and onto other European countries, with the first deliveries scheduled to start in 2013. Bulgaria ratifies South Stream deal Apart from Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Italy and Greece are also involved in the project, RIA Novosti says. "Positive news has come from Bulgaria. Its parliament ratified on July 25, by an overwhelming majority of 140 votes, the intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the construction of the South Stream project," Sechin, who is in charge of Russia's fuel and energy complex, told a government session. Sechin said Russia and Bulgaria had signed the agreement on January 17, 2008. Russian energy giant Gazprom is implementing the South Stream project on a parity basis with Italy's Eni.

Bulgaria ratifies South Stream deal

Apart from Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Italy and Greece are also involved in the project, RIA Novosti says.

"Positive news has come from Bulgaria. Its parliament ratified on July 25, by an overwhelming majority of 140 votes, the intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the construction of the South Stream project," Sechin, who is in charge of Russia's fuel and energy complex, told a government session.

Sechin said Russia and Bulgaria had signed the agreement on January 17, 2008.

Russian energy giant Gazprom is implementing the South Stream project on a parity basis with Italy's Eni.

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