It is likely that from July this year, Bulgaria will receive the full amount of Azerbaijani gas.

An informed source in the oil and gas market told APA-Economics.

As for the question of Bulgaria's purchase of Azerbaijani gas under the contract through the 182-kilometer Greek-Bulgarian gas pipeline (Interconnector Greece - Bulgaria - IGB), the source said that it will be either through this pipeline or through other alternatives.

The source added that most likely, the IGB will not be ready to transport Azerbaijani gas in July.

Asked how to increase traffic volumes if the IGB is not ready for use, the source said that this issue is under discussion.

It should be noted that due to the postponement of the commissioning of the Greek-Bulgarian gas pipeline (the last date of commissioning - July 2022) (to be commissioned in late 2020), Azerbaijani gas is temporarily supplied to Bulgaria at the Greek border (Kula). -Sidirocastro) is transported by the existing connecting line, which limits the volume of transportation (Bulgaria can not accept the volumes of gas under the contract - ed.).

The annual capacity of the IGB pipeline is 3 billion.

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

cubic meters can be delivered.

It is expected that starting from September this year, Azerbaijani gas will be transported to Bulgaria via the pipeline.

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 will start 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.