Balkan Stream

Natural gas pipeline from Turkey to Hungary

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	Srbijagas and Gazprom
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 project is headed and financed by Srbijagas (or "South Stream Serbia AG"), the state-owned natural gas provider of Serbia.^[8]^{[need quotation to verify]}

External links

Balkan Stream on Global Energy Monitor

References

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^ "Serbia imports natural gas from Hungary after Bulgarian pipeline rupture". www.euractiv.com. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
^ "Security of the TurkStream Is a Priority for Hungary". Hungary Today. 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
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^ "Gazprom has increased gas supply to Hungary, says official". the Guardian. 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
^ "Balkan Stream gas pipeline opens through Serbia". N1. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
^ "Access to Azerbaijani gas - priority for Serbia, says minister (Interview)". Trend.Az. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
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