Russia’s Lukoil opens new $1.5B unit at Bulgarian refinery
Russian oil company Lukoil opened a new facility to process heavy residue at the Neftochim refinery in the Bulgarian city
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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines electricity distributor CEZ 1.25M leva
Bulgaria’s competition regulator said on May 18 that it has fined electricity distribution firm CEZ Distribution Bulgaria 1.25 million leva
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Bulgaria invites ExxonMobil to bid for Black Sea exploration licences
Bulgarian Parliament’s energy committee chairperson Delyan Dobrev met with officials from ExxonMobil to invite the company to bid on the
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EU: Turkmenistan could supply Europe with natural gas by 2019
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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Plevneliev hopeful gas supply from Azerbaijan will start earlier than planned
Meeting his Azjerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has voiced hope that supplies of natural gas of a
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Romania, Bulgaria vow to strengthen regional co-operation on energy, discuss maritime border
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, Greece and Romania sign gas corridor memorandum
Bulgaria, Greece and Romania have agreed the terms to build a “vertical gas corridor” of gas pipeline interconnectors. The memorandum
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EC: Gazprom breaches EU anti-trust rules by CEE gas supply market abuse
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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US voices backing for Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector
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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