The Azeri state energy company Socar said it has started talks with the Greek government on purchasing the country’s natural gas grid operator DESFA, the asset of the national gas firm DEPA, after being the only bidder in a failed tender for the asset sale.
“The tender procedure on the privatization of DESFA is over and Socar has started talks with the Greek government,” Socar president Rovnag Abdullayev told reporters on June 15.
“It means that the whole natural gas distribution system of Greece will be in our hands soon.”
Abdullayev said a purchase of Greek assets would “strengthen the export potential of Socar.”, Hurriyet Daily reports.