The gas transmission operators of Bulgaria and Romania, Bulgartransgaz
and Transgaz, will sign a contract with Austria’s Habau PPS Pipeline
Systems SRL for the construction of the section of a gas interconnection
under the Danube river.
The signing ceremony will take place on Wednesday afternoon in Sofia, Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Bulgartransgaz and Transgaz are jointly implementing the project which
aims to diversify their gas supply sources and routes. The two companies
have been granted up to EUR 8.9 M for project financing under the
European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR).
In February, Habau won a tender for the construction of the underwater
section of the gas interconnector. It is proposing to build the section,
which will be approximately two kilometers long, within 119 workdays at
a cost of EUR 4.577 M free of VAT, according to
capital.bg.