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Srbijagas director Dušan Bajatović stated tonight that the first quantities of gas from Bulgaria were released today through the new Serbian gas pipeline, which is part of the Balkan Stream.
Source: Tanjug
Illustration: EPA, Song Fulai
Bajatović told RTS that the systems were tested until yesterday and that the first amounts of gas came out of the interconnector, that is, the part of Serbia’s internal transportation system that is owned by a company established in accordance with national laws.
140,000 cubic meters of gas were released, says Bajatović, noting that the entire system is now known to be working.
“The pipes are full of gas, at the entrance of Bulgaria about 40 bars, in Banatski dvor near Gospodjinac about 35,” says Bajatović.
13,880 million cubic meters of gas will pass through Serbia at the entrance, and will remain in our country for as long as it is necessary for the supply, says Bajatović.
When asked what that means, that is, how much gas is it, Bajatović claims that it is like EPS that supplies electricity to all of Serbia.
He pointed out that everything should be done in “silence”.
“We did this quietly, under great pressure, we had to do that, this is a great victory for Serbia, the president of Serbia and their national, economic and foreign policy,” says Bajatović.
As confirmation of this, it states that as of January 1, the price of gas on the Bulgarian border, which is now $ 240, will be $ 155, that is, from $ 60 to $ 90, in the first two quarters of next year, gas will be cheaper for our consumers entering Serbia than it is now.
Bajatović says there will also be savings on transportation, which will help lower the price of gas for end consumers.
There will be accelerated gasification in Serbia, Bajatović emphasizes, adding that it will happen quickly in Leskovac, Gadžin Han, Vranje, Zaječar, Majdanpek, Bor, Kraljevo …
“We will finish everything completely,” says Bajatović, adding that a gas pipeline to Banja Luka will also be built.
He points out that the gasification of the entire country will help attract new investors and in that sense he points out that Vojvodina is already 100 percent gasified, in addition to having the largest investments.
On January 1, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will open a new gas pipeline that passes through Serbia from the Bulgarian border to the Hungarian border at Gospodjinci, in the municipality of Žabalj.
The length of the main Serbian gas pipeline is 403 kilometers from the Bulgarian to the Hungarian border, that is, from Zajecar to Horgos.
The “Turkish Stream” gas pipeline is a project of the Russian “Gazprom” and the Turkish “Botash”, which should provide a stable gas supply to Turkey, southern and southeastern Europe, and is 930 kilometers long with a capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
The first branch goes through Turkey, while the second branch goes to Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.
Serbia and Bulgaria call this part of the gas pipeline “Balkan Stream”.
The capacity of each arm is 15.75 billion cubic meters of gas.
That amount of energy is enough to meet the needs of 15 million medium-sized homes.
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