Bulgarian gas hub proposal

摘要

The European Commission's Vice President for Energy Maros Sefcovic has backed the idea of creating a European regional energy distribution hub in Bulgaria, which has been floated by its government, reports Carmen Paun. However, speaking after a visit to Brussels by the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on 12 January 2015, Sefcovic underlined the conditions necessary for this to happen in the country- proper infrastructure, transparency, liquidity and non-discriminatory access to suppliers and customers. Borisov proposed that Bulgaria could become a common gas distribution centre for European Union (EU) member countries, in the aftermath of the decision by Russia not to build the South Stream gas pipeline (see p22).