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EU: Turkmenistan could supply Europe with natural gas by 2019

May 4, 2015 VOANews energy

A top European official says the 28-nation European Union could begin receiving natural gas supplies from Turkmenistan by 2019, as

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev hopeful gas supply from Azerbaijan will start earlier than planned

April 29, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Meeting his Azjerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has voiced hope that supplies of natural gas of a

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Bulgaria 

Romania, Bulgaria vow to strengthen regional co-operation on energy, discuss maritime border

April 26, 2015April 26, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

The Romanian and Bulgarian foreign ministers have signed a joint statement on strengthening regional co-operation in the energy area, underlining the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Greece and Romania sign gas corridor memorandum

April 23, 2015April 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Romania

Bulgaria, Greece and Romania have agreed the terms to build a “vertical gas corridor” of gas pipeline interconnectors. The memorandum

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Europe 

EC: Gazprom breaches EU anti-trust rules by CEE gas supply market abuse

April 22, 2015April 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Russia’s Gazprom is hindering competition in the gas supply markets in eight European Union countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia,

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Bulgaria 

US voices backing for Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector

April 22, 2015April 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

The Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector is a real opportunity for Bulgaria to ensure access to the Southern Gas Corridor and to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opens new tenders for Black Sea offshore oil and gas exploration

April 21, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria has opened new tenders to award five-year exploration licences for the Teres 1-22 and Silistar 1-14 offshore blocks on

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Europe 

Baltic States urge EU to speed up work on Lithuania-Poland gas link

April 19, 2015April 19, 2015 The Baltic Times energy

The three Baltic States have urged Poland and the EU to speed up work on a gas pipeline to link

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant begins maintenance on unit 5

April 13, 2015April 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s sole nuclear power plant, at Kozloduy on the Danube River, said that it has shut down the 1000MW fifth

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