Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 16

18-Apr-2011

CASPIAN

Russia, Greece Pressure Bulgaria for Burgas-Alexandroupolis Decision

Bulgaria should make up its mind as soon as possible on the planned 700,000 b/d Burgas-Alexandroupolis (BA) pipelines future, Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko, said on 7 April in a press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Traicho Traikov. Mr Shmatko who co-chaired a meeting of the joint energy committee in Moscow noted that Bulgaria showed...