Bulgaria, Gas interconnection with Greece that the so-called IGB gas pipeline will be commissioned on 1 July

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said after the visit to the construction site of gas interconnection with Greece that the so-called IGB gas pipeline will be commissioned on 1 July as planned.

PM Petkov said that the works on the project over the past three months has advanced as much as over the entire previous year, adding that he is in constant communication with Greek colleague Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the matter.

ICGB, a joint venture company of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) and IGI Poseidon, in which Greek Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) and Italian Edison hold equal stakes, in charge of the project for the construction of gas interconnection between Bulgaria and Greece, said earlier this months that the commissioning of the gas link could be delayed until autumn.

Executive Director of ICGB Teodora Georgieva said that the company still aims for 1 July as the pipeline’s commissioning date, but that deadline proved to be a huge challenge, adding that the pressure from the market to put the gas interconnection into operation is also great. She said that the timely completion of gas metering station near the Greek city of Komotini will be of great importance for meeting the initial deadline.