Bulgarian Energy Minister: On October 1, Gas will flow through the Interconnector from Greece

"Gas will flow through the interconnector from Greece on October 1". This was stated by Energy Minister Rosen Hristov after the meeting of President Rumen Radev with the owner and management of the construction company building the intersystem gas connection with Greece - "Avax" and the contractor - ICGB.

"There is some confidence that the project will be completed and commissioned on time. The builder has made all the commitments that the commissioning will be on time - commercial quantities of gas should flow through the pipe on October 1", emphasized the Minister of Energy.

According to him, what worries him is that the builder could not provide a schedule for the implementation of absolutely all activities. "We agreed that on Wednesday we will have a meeting at the site and there they will provide me with the schedule I require - agreed with the builder, subcontractors if there are any for the specified activities and the contractor - in the case of ICGB, which schedule will be checked by the Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. We will then operationally monitor each activity according to this schedule".

"If the builder really works at an intensive pace - this deadline - until the beginning of September - to complete the construction activities, as the company 'Avax' claims, most likely this deadline can be normal", the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Shishkov.

"At the moment, intensive work is being done between the National Building Control Directorate and the supervisor and the documentation has been completed to clear the issue with the stages so that we can put it into operation," he added. "To date, some of the...