Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria supplies over 962 mcm of gas
So far, over 11.3 million megawatt-hours or more than 962 million cubic meters of natural gas have been transported through the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria, the ICGB,…
95 mcm of gas transported via Greece-Bulgaria gas pipeline in a month
Over 1 billion kWh of gas was transported through the Greece-Bulgaria interconnector (ICGB) in the first month of commercial operation. According to the pipeline operator…
Greece-Bulgaria Pipeline Starts Operations to Boost Non-Russian Gas Flows
Greece and Bulgaria started commercial operation of a long-delayed gas pipeline on Saturday which will help decrease southeast Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and boost…
Bulgaria will start negotiations on increasing the volume of gas supplies from Azerbaijan
According to Bulgarian Energy Minister Rosen Hristov, this week, Bulgaria will start negotiations on increasing the volume of natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan, Bulgarian media…
ICGB received the Final Joint Decision for Certification as an Independent Transmission Operator
The Decision was presented to ICGB by the National Energy Regulators of Bulgaria and Greece during an official ceremony held in Sofia; the European Commission…
Azerbaijan will increase gas supplies to Bulgaria several times with the introduction of the IGB
Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov attended the opening ceremony of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria of strategic importance in Komotini on July 8. I attended the opening…
The pipeline for the transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Bulgaria has been certified
The energy regulators of Bulgaria and Greece have certified the Greece-Bulgaria Interconnector (IGB), which will transport Azerbaijani natural gas to Europe, and from there to…
Testing of the gas metering station of IGB has been completed successfully
The facility has been successfully tested, the pneumatic tests for strength and density have been successfully performed; on Bulgarian territory, the IGB pipeline is already…
€149.8 million have been utilized for the construction of the IGB pipeline up to now
The project worth a total of €240 million is implemented with funds from shareholders, OPIC, EEPR and through a loan from the EIB A total…
Hydrotests on the entire route of the IGB pipeline have been completed
Hydrotesting of all 8 block valves has also been performed successfully, the construction activities on the two gas measuring stations are progressing with a steady…
Hydro tests completed on 2/3 of the Greece-Bulgaria interconnector route
Over 80% of the construction activities for the project have been completed, all crossings of the pipeline’s route with the existing infrastructure are now ready…
The LNG terminal near Alexandroupolis will boost IGB’s capacity after start of commercial operations
The project for FSRU and a 28 km long pipeline in Greece has strategic synergy with the IGB pipeline and will help increase its capacity…
The IGB pipeline successfully crossed Studen Kladenets dam
A great engineering feat, IGB’s second horizontal directional drilling is now in the top five longest gas pipeline installations of this diameter executed to date…
Bulgaria Names Volumes of Gas Purchases from Azerbaijan
Bulgaria is going to buy about 225 million cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan by the end of September, Bulgargaz said in a statement…
IGB granted final license to start construction on Greek territory
The Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has issued a Decision No 671/2019 granting ICGB AD a license for Independent Natural Gas System (INGS). The…
Bulgarian PM: IGB to lead to a real diversification of sources
İnterconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Bulgaria will ensure real diversification of sources, said Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Trend reports. He…
Line pipe supplier selected for Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria
Corinth Pipeworks Industry S.A. meets the set requirements; the selection of line pipe supplier is one of the final key steps before the start of…
Two companies to compete for contract on construction of IGB
ICGB opened publicly the price offers in the tender for construction of the interconnector with Greece Today in the office of the project company ICGB…
Bulgaria gathering funds to start IGB
A day after inauguration ceremony of Trans Anatolian gas pipeline’s (TANAP) zero phase, stretched from Georgian borders to Turkey’s Eskisehir on June 12, where Ukraine…