Bulgaria seeks access to Romanian gas supplies

Bulgaria is seeking access to Romanian natural gas supplies, with output from Romania’s Black Sea fields expected to reach 8 billion cubic metres a year, Energy Minister Traycho Traykov said after meeting Romania’s ambassador to Sofia, Brândușa Ioana Predescu.

Mr Traykov said that Bulgaria is making progress on expanding its gas transmission network along the Rupcha–Vetrino route, which is part of the Vertical Gas Corridor. This will increase the capacity along the north–south axis from 5 to 10 billion cubic metres per year. He added that commercial operations of the corridor are expected to begin in October 2026.

The talks also covered the Azerbaijan–Georgia–Romania subsea electricity cable project, with Bulgaria potentially joining under certain conditions. According to the BTA news agency, the construction of a third bridge over the Danube and the development of a motorway linking Greece and Romania via Bulgaria were also discussed.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov