Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 15  

12-April-2010

CASPIAN

Russia’s Transneft Claims Bulgaria Delaying Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline Project

The vice president of Russia’s state-owned crude pipeline company Transneft has blamed the Bulgarian government for the lack of progress made on the proposed Burgas-Alexandroupolis crude oil pipeline. Mikhail Barkov was quoted in the Russian and Bulgarian media as saying the pipeline is being delayed because...