Thursday, April 2, 2009

Deliveries of gas to Turkey and Bulgaria restored.

Supply of Russian gas to Bulgaria, Turkey and Macedonia through the territory of Moldova restored. The statement was made by Director General of "Moldovagaz Alexander Gusev, Interfax reports.
But he added that to rebuild a gas pipeline at the site where an explosion occurred near Tiraspol, Moldova and the Transnistrian working professionals. It is expected that the rehabilitation work completed in the next three days, said RIA Novosti.
Remember, the accident at the pipeline in Transnistria took place the morning of 1 April 2009. On the tube gas pipeline Ananyev-Odessa-Ismail ", an explosion occurred. The reason for the accident has not yet been established. According to Gusev, the pipeline is in operation for 22 years, although the warranty period is 40 years. Restore gas supply Balkan countries have been able through the use of bypass pipes.
According to Gazprom, the pipeline, on which the accident occurred, gas is supplied to Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Macedonia. In four out of five of these countries the volume of gas supplies have not been reduced. Earlier, the Russian gas company announced that the volume of gas supplies to Turkey after the Balkan country due to accidents were reduced by 40 percent, but they will be offset by an increase in fuel on the "Blue Stream".
According to Naftogaz of Ukraine, through which gas tranzitiruetsya in the Balkans, the fuel supply in these countries has been restored to 80-90 percent.

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