Bulgaria to almost double natural gas storage capacity

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Bulgaria launched a project to almost double its gas storage with a €152 million deal between grid operator Bulgartransgaz and a Bulgarian-led consortium signed on Friday.

Capacity at the Chiren gas storage facility, the country's only one, will be expanded to 1 billion cubic meters from 550 million cubic meters (mcm) by the end of 2024 for an estimated €306 million, the company said.

Russia cut off gas delivery to EU member Bulgaria last April after Sofia refused to pay in rubles. Sofia has since stepped up efforts to guard against supply disruptions.

"The project is of interest not only for Bulgaria, but for the regional market," Bulgartransgaz CEO Vladimir Malinov told reporters.

He said companies from neighboring Greece and North Macedonia have expressed interest in booking capacity at the facility located some 125 km north of Sofia.

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