Natural gas

TANAP Construction to Be Halfway Through by End-2016

Fifty-five percent of The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) will have been constructed by the end of the year, Turkey's Energy Minister Berat Albayrak

Daily Sabah quotes him as saying that Turkey is successfully moving toward the creation of an energy hub and successfully pursuing a policy of energy diversification.

DEPA pays price of government nod to US gas

The Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) is apparently paying the price for a Greek decision to facilitate business plans that pave the way for American liquefied natural gas (LNG) to head through Greece to the Balkans and Central Europe - as in the case of the LNG terminal off Alexandroupoli - and for its own handling of the extension of the Turkish Stream pipeline.

Oil Found in Bulgarian Black Sea Offshore Drilling

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev has announced that oil was found in the Khan Asparuh block during offshore drilling earlier this year.

Donchev has not elaborated his remarks at the opening of a tripartite meeting of government, employers, and unions.

A source of Inews.bg (a website of Novinite Group) working in the public sector has confirmed the news.

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