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Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil and gas company KazMunayGas has reportedly offered $1 billion to buy Lukoil Neftochim Burgas, Bulgaria’s only refinery currently owned by Russia’s Lukoil. The Burgas refinery already receives about 40% of its supplies from KazMunayGas, and the acquisition would strengthen the Kazakh company’s position in the European market. …

Even though the EU sanctions Russian oil, Bulgaria still allows crude to be processed at the Lukoil Burgas refinery. An investigation by Ukrainian journalist Mykhailo Tkach, working for the Ukrainska Pravda, shows that Lukoil’s Bulgarian Burgas refinery is still processing Russian crude. The volumes are being transported by Russia’s shadow …

Bulgaria said it may halt the transit of Russian natural gas to central Europe if Gazprom PJSC doesn’t find a payment solution amid US sanctions. It’s the latest twist in a saga over the future of European energy supplies, with gas demand poised to rise over the winter months. The …

Bulgaria’s acting energy minister arrived in Istanbul for talks that he hopes will lead to an agreement on long-term access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Turkey and gas transit to its border. Executives of Bulgaria’s state gas company Bulgargaz and gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz are also taking part …

Any attack on the TurkStream gas pipeline will be an act of terrorism, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Speaking to state media, Orban said Budapest will “respond accordingly” if there is any attack on the pipeline, which carries gas from Russia to Türkiye and further to European …

Bulgaria has offered to export electricity to Azerbaijan in exchange for expanding gas supplies, acting Economy Minister Nikola Stoyanov announced during his visit to Baku on Sunday (11 September). “With such a scheme – bartering gas for electricity, Bulgaria could receive quantities in the next four to five months, when …

Minister of Energy of Bulgaria Rosen Hristov held phone talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Parviz Shahbazov, Trend reports via the ministry. According to the ministry, the parties discussed the timing of the start of commercial supplies of Azerbaijani gas to Bulgaria via the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB). “Shahbazov noted that from …

The Bulgarian government has decided to accept only one of the agreed seven liquefied gas supplies from the US company Cheniere, despite the price being almost €30 lower than that offered on European gas exchanges. Currently, the caretaker government appointed by President Rumen Radev is in power. His political opponents …

According to SeeNews, Azerbaijan is ready to supply to Bulgaria 0.5 – 1 billion m3 (bcm) of natural gas per year in addition to the amount of 1 bcm it has already agreed to deliver, outgoing Bulgarian prime minister Kiril Petkov said. Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar has …

In a meeting with the Bulgarian official, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy said that Iran is ready to cooperate with Bulgaria in the energy field. During the meeting held with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Velislava Petrova on Sunday, Mahdi Safari expressed satisfaction with the increase …