90-95% of the work has been completed within the construction of the 182-kilometer Greek-Bulgarian interconnector gas pipeline (Interconnector Greece - Bulgaria - IGB), which will deliver Azerbaijani natural gas to Bulgaria.

APA-Economics reports quoting Greek media that the construction of the pipeline is expected to be completed on time (the last date of commissioning is July 2022) and gas will be supplied from Greece to Bulgaria via this line in early July.

It is noted that the construction of the IGB pipeline is nearing completion.

It should be noted that due to the postponement of the commissioning of the Greek-Bulgarian gas pipeline (to be commissioned in late 2020), Azerbaijani gas is temporarily transported to Bulgaria via the existing connecting line at the Greek border (Kula-Sidirocastro).

The 182-kilometer IGB pipeline between Komotini (Greece) and Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) has an annual capacity of 3 billion cubic meters.

cubic meters, in the future this figure will reach 5 billion.

cubic meters can be delivered.

It should be noted that the Bulgarian company Bulgargaz has signed a $ 1 billion-a-year agreement with the Shah Deniz consortium within the Shah Deniz-2 project.

signed a contract for the transportation of cubic meters of gas.

Azerbaijan started exporting gas to Europe via the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on December 31, 2020.

The pipeline runs through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea to southern Italy.