Balkan Stream

This article is about the gas pipeline from Turkey to Hungary. For the gas pipeline from Turkey to Ukraine, see Trans-Balkan pipeline.

Balkan Stream
Location
Country	Turkey Bulgaria Serbia Hungary
From	TurkStream
Passes through	Bulgaria and Serbia
To	Hungary
General information
Type	natural gas
Status	in operation
Partners	Botaş, Bulgartransgaz, Srbijagas (Gazprom), FGSZ
Construction started	2018
Commissioned	2021
Technical information
Operating pressure	40-35 bar [ citation needed ]

Balkan Stream is a pipeline which transports Russian natural gas from Turkey to Bulgaria, Serbia ^[1] and Hungary. ^{[2] [3]} It is an extension of Turk Stream. ^{[4] [5]} Annual capacity is almost 16 bcm from Turkey ^[6] and 1.8 bcm onwards to Serbia. ^[7]

The Serbian chunk of the project, purportedly named "Serbian stream", is headed by Srbijagas (or "South Stream Serbia AG"), the state-owned natural gas provider of Serbia and financed by Gazprom ^{[8] [ need quotation to verify ]}. Bulgarian and Hungarian parts of Balkan Stream, however, are owned by local gas operators.^{[ citation needed ]}

External links

• Balkan Stream on Global Energy Monitor

References

1. "Former Bulgarian authorities allowed the construction of a Russian gas pipeline to "isolate Ukraine"". odessa-journal.com. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
2. "Serbia imports natural gas from Hungary after Bulgarian pipeline rupture". www.euractiv.com. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
3. "Security of the TurkStream Is a Priority for Hungary". Hungary Today. 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
4. "Balkan Stream countries hope to avoid worst of international gas crisis". intellinews.com. 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
5. "Gazprom has increased gas supply to Hungary, says official". the Guardian. 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
6. "Balkan Stream gas pipeline opens through Serbia". N1. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
7. "Access to Azerbaijani gas - priority for Serbia, says minister (Interview)". Trend.Az. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
8. "Brnabićeva otkrila plan: "Južni tok" postaje "Srpski"". B92.