Bulgaria confirms great interest in the implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor project, designed to transport Azerbaijani gas to Europe, Zhecho Stankov, Bulgarian deputy energy minister, said. Stankov made the remarks at the meeting of the Azerbaijani-Bulgarian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation in Baku on September 29. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
The construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which is aimed at transporting Azerbaijani gas to Europe, is underway. TAP tweeted on September 28, that over 30 kilometers of steel pipes had already been strung along TAP’s route in Greece and Albania. TAP project envisages transportation of gas from the Stage 2 of development of…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has extended the term of a letter of guarantee on the tender to buy a 66% stake in the Greek national gas transmission system operator DESFA until October 31, SOCAR said in a message. The message says that as a part of his visit to Greece, SOCAR head Rovnag Abdullayev…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will additionally produce more than 6,200 tons of oil per year thanks to the commissioning of a new horizontal well at the Western Absheron field in the Caspian Sea, SOCAR said in a message. Oil is extracted from the well bore within the range of 761-678 meters at a flow…
Belarus increased gas output by 0.1% YoY in January-August to 145.3 million cubic meters, the National Statistical Committee said in a report. In August alone, Belarus’ gas output grew by 14.8% YoY to 18.1 million cubic meters. Belarus does not have its own gas fields. Within the limits of the Prypyats Flexure, where oil exploration…
Ireland is implementing alternative energy sources construction projects in Belarus, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said. “We are currently busy with the development of alternative energy sources. We have been closely cooperating with the countries that possess rich experience in the matter, for example, with Ireland and Germany. I am responsible for one…
Gazprom Export, the export arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, plans to raise its share on the European gas market by 2-5% to 33% in 2016, Bloomberg reported citing the company’s representative Valery Nemov. In 2015, Gazprom supplied 158.6 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe having increased its market share to 31%. Gazprom CEO…