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Bulgaria: gas pipeline blast along strech to Greece
Accident on the border between the two countries
27 July, 11:22
(ANSA) - SOFIA, JULY 27 - A blast occurred in a stretch of
the Bulgarian-Greek gas pipeline near the Kulata-Promachonas
border crossing this morning. According to Bulgarian Bgnes news
agency, the accident happened in the connector of the two
countries' gas pipeline. Bulgarian Ministry of Energy confirmed
the news. There is no news of victims for now. Construction of
the gas pipeline linking the two countries began in the spring
of last year to diversify supplies in south-eastern Europe and
stem dependence on Russian gas. The line was to be operational
this year and bring Azerbaijani gas to Bulgaria. The entire
pipeline is 182 kilometers long and has an initial annual
capacity of 3 bn cubic meters. (ANSA).
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