Greece yesterday held talks on joining OAO Gazprom’s South Stream pipeline project as Russia’s largest energy company lines up partners for its newest export route to Europe. Deputy Chief Executive Officer Alexander Medvedev discussed the issue with Development Minister Christos Folias in Athens, the company said in an e-mailed statement.
South Stream will connect Russia to Bulgaria via the Black Sea. Gazprom, which plans to build South Stream with Italy’s Eni SpA, has already won commitments from Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary to join the project’s northern link. Greece could participate in a southern link that would connect Bulgaria to Italy via a subsea connector under the Adriatic.
Gazprom exported 3.1 billion cubic meters of gas to Greece last year.
(KATHIMERINI, 04/03/2008)