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Βουλγαρία: «Μπλόφα» Πούτιν η εγκατάλειψη του South Stream
«Μπλόφα Πούτιν» χαρακτηρίζει η Βουλγαρία την ανακοίνωση του Ρώσου προέδρου περί εγκατάλειψης του σχεδίου για τον αγωγό αερίου South Stream, ενώ η Κομισιόν επισημαίνει πως η εν λόγω εξέλιξη επιβεβαιώνει την ανάγκη να διαφοροποιήσει η ΕΕ τις πηγές των ενεργειακών προμηθειών της.
Ο Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν ανακοίνωσε χθες, από την Άγκυρα πως, εξαιτίας της αντίθεσης της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής, η Ρωσία βρίσκεται σε αδυναμία να συνεχίσει το πρόγραμμα κατασκευής του αγωγού φυσικού αερίου South Stream, ο οποίος σχεδιάσθηκε για να παρακαμφθεί η Ουκρανία.Ιδιωτική πρωτοβουλία των ομίλων Gazprom της Ρωσίας και ENI της Ιταλίας και κόστους 16 δισ. ευρώ, ο South Stream, οι εργασίες για τον οποίο άρχισαν επισήμως το Δεκέμβριο του 2012, επρόκειτο να συνδέσει σε μήκος 3.600 χιλιομέτρων τη Ρωσία με τη Βουλγαρία περνώντας κάτω από τη Μαύρη Θάλασσα, για να εξυπηρετήσει στη συνέχεια τη δυτική Ευρώπη, ιδιαίτερα την Ιταλία και την Ελλάδα, μέσω της Σερβίας, της Ουγγαρίας και της Σλοβενίας. Επρόκειτο να έχει δυνατότητα 63 δισ. κυβικών μέτρων ετησίως, δηλαδή όσο και οι ευρωπαϊκές αγορές ρωσικού φυσικού αερίου που διέρχεται από την Ουκρανία.
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή απαιτεί από την Gazprom τον αυστηρό σεβασμό των κανόνων της ΕΕ, κυρίως να επιτραπεί η πρόσβαση τρίτων στον αγωγό, και μπλόκαρε το πρόγραμμα ελλείψει συμφωνίας από τη ρωσική πλευρά. Οι Βρυξέλλες απείλησαν με κυρώσεις τα επτά κράτη μέλη τους που ενέχονται στο πρόγραμμα, αν άρχιζαν τις εργασίες.
Οι ενδιαφερόμενες χώρες είναι η Βουλγαρία, η Ελλάδα, η Ιταλία, η Ουγγαρία, η Αυστρία, η Κροατία και η Σλοβενία, καθώς και η Σερβία, η οποία είναι υποψήφια για ένταξη στην ΕΕ.
«Μπλόφα Πούτιν»
Η Βουλγαρία, στην οποία επέρριψε ευθύνες ο πρόεδρος Πούτιν για να εξηγήσει την εγκατάλειψη του προγράμματος του South Stream, αρνήθηκε ότι φέρει οποιαδήποτε ευθύνη για το θέμα και ο Bούλγαρος πρόεδρος Ρόσεν Πλεβνέλιεφ επέρριψε με τη σειρά του την ευθύνη σε Βρυξέλλες και Μόσχα.
"Είναι σαφές σε όλους ότι ο South Stream δεν είναι ένα ειδικά ρωσοβουλγαρικό σχέδιο, αλλά ένα σχέδιο ανάμεσα στη Ρωσία και την ΕΕ (...). Οι αποφάσεις βρίσκονται πλήρως στα χέρια της Ρωσίας και της ΕΕ", δήλωσε προς δημοσιογράφους ο αρχηγός του βουλγαρικού κράτους.
"Πιστεύω πως ουδείς στην ΕΕ δεν θα πει 'όχι' στο σχέδιο South Stream αν η Ρωσία ευθυγραμμισθεί με την ευρωπαϊκή νομοθεσία", πρόσθεσε.
"O South Stream είναι ένα σχέδιο που δεν μπορεί να πραγματοποιηθεί στην ΕΕ παρά μόνο αν γίνει σεβαστή η ευρωπαϊκή νομοθεσία", υπογράμμισε ο Πλεβνέλιεφ. Όμως "στο στάδιο αυτό, η Ρωσία δεν έχει δείξει ότι θέλει να σεβαστεί την ευρωπαϊκή νομοθεσία", πρόσθεσε.
Ο Bούλγαρος υπουργός Οικονομίας Μπόζινταρ Λουκάρσκι δήλωσε πάντως σήμερα πως "το σχέδιο δεν έχει τελειώσει όσο δεν έχουμε την επίσημη απόφαση της Ρωσίας", καθώς η απόφαση του προέδρου Πούτιν δεν έχει ακόμη κοινοποιηθεί στη Σόφια.
Ο αντιπρόεδρος της Επιτροπής Ενέργειας του βουλγαρικού κοινοβουλίου Μάρτιν Ντιμιτρόφ δήλωσε από την πλευρά του πως ο Ρώσος πρόεδρος επιχειρεί μια μπλόφα.
"Πρόκειται για μια κίνηση τακτικής εκ μέρους του Πούτιν και της Ρωσίας για να ασκήσουν πίεση στην ΕΕ και στη Βουλγαρία. Ουδόλως έχουν εγκαταλείψει τον South Stream", δήλωσε στον ιδιωτικό τηλεοπτικό δίκτυο Nova.
ΕΕ: Προτεραιότητα η ασφάλεια των ενεργειακών προμηθειών
"Η απόφαση της Ρωσίας να σταματήσει τον South Stream και ο τρόπος με τον οποίο αυτό αποφασίσθηκε επιβεβαιώνουν πόσο σημαντική είναι για την Ευρώπη η διαφοροποίηση των πηγών των προμηθειών της", δήλωσε η αντιπρόεδρος της Επιτροπής αρμόδια για τον Προϋπολογισμό, η Βουλγάρα Κρισταλίνα Γκεοργκίεβα, την επομένη της ανακοίνωσης από τον Rώσο πρόεδρο Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν ότι το σχέδιο εγκαταλείπεται.
"Αυτή η νέα εξέλιξη θα πρέπει να συζητηθεί. Η συνεχής εξέλιξη του ενεργειακού τοπίου είναι ένας λόγος για να δημιουργήσει η ΕΕ μια Ένωση της Ενέργειας, μία από τις προτεραιότητες της οποίας θα είναι η ασφάλεια των προμηθειών", ανέφερε από την πλευρά του σε ανακοίνωσή του ο αντιπρόεδρος αρμόδιος για την Ενέργεια Μάρος Σέφκοβιτς.
Βουτιά μετοχών
Στο μεταξύ, οι μετοχές ευρωπαϊκών εταιρειών ενέργειας που συμμετείχαν στο πρόγραμμα του South Stream σημείωσαν σήμερα μεγάλη πτώση.
Οι μετοχές της γερμανικής χαλυβουργίας Salgitter κατέγραψαν πτώση άνω του 7% στο Χρηματιστήριο της Φραγκφούρτης. Η Salgitter είχε εξασφαλίσει ένα μεγάλο συμβόλαιο στην κατασκευή του αγωγού.
Πτώση κατά περισσότερο από 8% σημείωσαν επίσης στο Χρηματιστήριο του Μιλάνου οι μετοχές της ιταλικής εταιρείας Saipem, βασικός μέτοχος της οποίας είναι η ENI.
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Κομισιόν: Στις 9 Δεκεμβρίου θα γίνει συζήτηση για τον αγωγό South Stream
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Media / Gazprom news / February 2014
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Gazprom pushing ahead with South Stream and Southern Corridor projects
February 11, 2014, 14:10
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee held a meeting dedicated to the South Stream and Southern Corridor projects.
It was pointed out that the new route of Russian gas supply meant to increase the reliability of supply to European consumers and mitigate transit risks was being built in compliance with the schedule.
Pre-construction activities at the South Stream offshore section are in full swing. An agreement to supply pipes for the first string of the gas pipeline was signed on January 29, 2014. On February 7 a contract was concluded for the independent certification of South Stream's offshore section to ensure conformity with DNV-OS-F101, one of the main international standards. This standard specifies the requirements for design, construction and operation of offshore gas pipelines with proper consideration of security and environmental protection requirements.
It is planned to complete and promulgate the results of the bidding procedure among deep-water pipe-laying companies as well as to sign a pipe supply contract for the second offshore string of the gas pipeline before the end of the first quarter of 2014. The construction of South Stream's offshore section will start in autumn 2014.
Following Bulgaria and Serbia, Hungary will set to constructing the onshore gas pipeline in the second quarter of 2015. At present, design and survey operations are underway at the Hungarian section, spatial planning and environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents are under development for the Hungarian, Slovenian and Croatian sections.
With a view to implement power projects in Republika Srpska, an intergovernmental agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina is being negotiated.
The meeting participants were also informed about the progress with the Southern Corridor project – a Russian gas pipeline system intended, inter alia, for feeding gas into South Stream.
The line pipe construction (Western Route, including the Kubanskaya CS – Korenovskaya CS interconnector) is currently underway as part of the project's first phase. By now, 477.5 out of 880.6 kilometers have been welded and lowered in, which accounts for 54 per cent of the whole Western Route. Hydraulic testing has been conducted at some constructed sections.
The necessary gas compressor capacities are under construction. In particular, the core process equipment is being installed at the Russkaya compressor station, which will be the global leader in terms of installed capacity – 448 MW. Similar operations are underway at the Korenovskaya and Kazachya compressor stations; the construction site is being prepared for the Shakhtinskaya compressor station.
It was emphasized that all the state-of-the-art process, engineering and construction solutions applied by Gazprom while implementing the South Stream project took account of natural & climatic and geological peculiarities of the region. At the same time, considerable efforts are aimed at maintaining a high level of security and preserving the existing ecosystems. Thus, one of the most complicated gas pipeline sections –the Kuban River crossing – was constructed using directional drilling, thereby leaving the riverbed undisturbed and having no influence on navigation and fishing.
In addition, the Urengoy – Novopskov gas pipeline is being further expanded at the Petrovsk – Pisarevka section in order to supply the necessary gas volumes via the Western Route. A junction point, a connection gas pipeline and interconnectors at the Pisarevka compressor station have already been constructed, the reconstruction of three out of six compressor stations, namely Yekaterinovka, Bubnovka and Pisarevka, has started.
The meeting resulted in assigning tasks aimed at the timely execution of the South Stream and Southern Corridor projects.
South Stream's offshore section will run under the Black Sea from the Russian coast to Bulgaria. The total length of the Black Sea section will exceed 930 kilometers and its maximum depth will be more than two kilometers.
A 1,455-kilometer onshore section will cross Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia and will end in Italy. Gas branches from the main pipeline route will be built to Croatia and to Republika Srpska.
Gazprom Group is implementing the Southern Corridor GTS project in the aim of supplying additional gas to a number of Russia's central and southern regions in order to develop industrial and utility sectors, intensify gasification and ensure gas supply into South Stream.
The project covers eight Russian constituent entities, including the Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Saratov, Volgograd and Voronezh Regions, the Republic of Mordovia and the Krasnodar Territory.
The total length of the gas transmission system will be 2,506.2 kilometers. The project stipulates building 10 compressor stations with a total capacity of 1,516 MW. The annual throughput of the Southern Corridor gas pipeline system will be 63 billion cubic meters. The project is to be delivered before late 2017.
It was pointed out that the new route of Russian gas supply meant to increase the reliability of supply to European consumers and mitigate transit risks was being built in compliance with the schedule.
Pre-construction activities at the South Stream offshore section are in full swing. An agreement to supply pipes for the first string of the gas pipeline was signed on January 29, 2014. On February 7 a contract was concluded for the independent certification of South Stream's offshore section to ensure conformity with DNV-OS-F101, one of the main international standards. This standard specifies the requirements for design, construction and operation of offshore gas pipelines with proper consideration of security and environmental protection requirements.
It is planned to complete and promulgate the results of the bidding procedure among deep-water pipe-laying companies as well as to sign a pipe supply contract for the second offshore string of the gas pipeline before the end of the first quarter of 2014. The construction of South Stream's offshore section will start in autumn 2014.
Following Bulgaria and Serbia, Hungary will set to constructing the onshore gas pipeline in the second quarter of 2015. At present, design and survey operations are underway at the Hungarian section, spatial planning and environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents are under development for the Hungarian, Slovenian and Croatian sections.
With a view to implement power projects in Republika Srpska, an intergovernmental agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina is being negotiated.
The meeting participants were also informed about the progress with the Southern Corridor project – a Russian gas pipeline system intended, inter alia, for feeding gas into South Stream.
The line pipe construction (Western Route, including the Kubanskaya CS – Korenovskaya CS interconnector) is currently underway as part of the project's first phase. By now, 477.5 out of 880.6 kilometers have been welded and lowered in, which accounts for 54 per cent of the whole Western Route. Hydraulic testing has been conducted at some constructed sections.
The necessary gas compressor capacities are under construction. In particular, the core process equipment is being installed at the Russkaya compressor station, which will be the global leader in terms of installed capacity – 448 MW. Similar operations are underway at the Korenovskaya and Kazachya compressor stations; the construction site is being prepared for the Shakhtinskaya compressor station.
It was emphasized that all the state-of-the-art process, engineering and construction solutions applied by Gazprom while implementing the South Stream project took account of natural & climatic and geological peculiarities of the region. At the same time, considerable efforts are aimed at maintaining a high level of security and preserving the existing ecosystems. Thus, one of the most complicated gas pipeline sections –the Kuban River crossing – was constructed using directional drilling, thereby leaving the riverbed undisturbed and having no influence on navigation and fishing.
In addition, the Urengoy – Novopskov gas pipeline is being further expanded at the Petrovsk – Pisarevka section in order to supply the necessary gas volumes via the Western Route. A junction point, a connection gas pipeline and interconnectors at the Pisarevka compressor station have already been constructed, the reconstruction of three out of six compressor stations, namely Yekaterinovka, Bubnovka and Pisarevka, has started.
The meeting resulted in assigning tasks aimed at the timely execution of the South Stream and Southern Corridor projects.
Background
The South Stream gas pipeline is Gazprom's global infrastructure project aimed at constructing a gas pipeline with a capacity of 63 billion cubic meters across the Black Sea to Southern and Central Europe for the purpose of diversifying the natural gas export routes and eliminating transit risks. The first gas will be supplied via South Stream in late 2015. The gas pipeline will reach its full capacity in 2018.South Stream's offshore section will run under the Black Sea from the Russian coast to Bulgaria. The total length of the Black Sea section will exceed 930 kilometers and its maximum depth will be more than two kilometers.
A 1,455-kilometer onshore section will cross Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia and will end in Italy. Gas branches from the main pipeline route will be built to Croatia and to Republika Srpska.
Gazprom Group is implementing the Southern Corridor GTS project in the aim of supplying additional gas to a number of Russia's central and southern regions in order to develop industrial and utility sectors, intensify gasification and ensure gas supply into South Stream.
The project covers eight Russian constituent entities, including the Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Saratov, Volgograd and Voronezh Regions, the Republic of Mordovia and the Krasnodar Territory.
The total length of the gas transmission system will be 2,506.2 kilometers. The project stipulates building 10 compressor stations with a total capacity of 1,516 MW. The annual throughput of the Southern Corridor gas pipeline system will be 63 billion cubic meters. The project is to be delivered before late 2017.
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Tuesday, Dec 02, 2014 22:31:27
On 23 May, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov discussed by phone several key energy issues, including the planned South Stream gas pipeline, the price of natural gas and negotiations on the settlement of money due for the newly built Russian nuclear reactor for the abandoned Belene nuclear power plant project. Borisov told reporters regarding Belene that Russian and Bulgarian experts are working hard, they argue and numerous claims for payments are presented which Bulgaria has not confirmed.
On 18 May, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Energy, Economy and Tourism in Sofia said Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom will sign an agreement to cut gas prices for supplies to Bulgaria by 11.1%. The price reduction was agreed on during a meeting in Moscow between Bulgarian and Gazprom officials earlier this week and the documents will be signed in May, the ministry said on its website.
Gazprom pumps 17.8 billion cubic metres of gas a year to Bulgaria, about 3.5 billion cubic metres of which is consumed there. The rest goes on to Turkey, Greece and FYROM under a 30-year contract signed in 2006.
On 19 May, Borisov reiterated his country’s support for South Stream, noting that the Russian-backed gas pipeline is a project of high priority for Bulgaria. Borisov has pointed out the financial benefits of projects like South Stream that make use of his country's geostrategic location.
“It’s very rare for Gazprom to make concessions on its gas pricing without something in return and I’m not really sure what that ‘something in return’ might be,” Julian Lee, senior energy analyst at the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES) in London, told New Europe on 24 May.
The South Stream pipeline is intended to transport up to 63bn cubic metres of Russian natural gas to Central and Southern Europe annually, diversifying Russian gas routes away from transit countries such as Ukraine.
The pipe will go from Russia to Bulgaria via the Black Sea; in Bulgaria it will split in two – with the northern leg going through Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia to Austria and Northern Italy, and the southern leg going through Greece to Southern Italy.
“We’re seeing a general sort of shift at the moment in the region of countries that are favouring South Stream. There is a realisation that Nabucco is not going to happen, at least in its original form. Although there will still presumably be large volumes of Azerbaijani gas probably crossing the Balkans. It may not go through Nabucco but it will go through TANAP and whatever carries gas onwards from the western end of Turkey,” Lee said. “But I think supporting or at least voicing support for South Stream is no longer perhaps seen as undermining Nabucco because I think the idea of Nabucco has largely evaporated now.”
On 18 May, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Energy, Economy and Tourism in Sofia said Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom will sign an agreement to cut gas prices for supplies to Bulgaria by 11.1%. The price reduction was agreed on during a meeting in Moscow between Bulgarian and Gazprom officials earlier this week and the documents will be signed in May, the ministry said on its website.
Gazprom pumps 17.8 billion cubic metres of gas a year to Bulgaria, about 3.5 billion cubic metres of which is consumed there. The rest goes on to Turkey, Greece and FYROM under a 30-year contract signed in 2006.
On 19 May, Borisov reiterated his country’s support for South Stream, noting that the Russian-backed gas pipeline is a project of high priority for Bulgaria. Borisov has pointed out the financial benefits of projects like South Stream that make use of his country's geostrategic location.
“It’s very rare for Gazprom to make concessions on its gas pricing without something in return and I’m not really sure what that ‘something in return’ might be,” Julian Lee, senior energy analyst at the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES) in London, told New Europe on 24 May.
The South Stream pipeline is intended to transport up to 63bn cubic metres of Russian natural gas to Central and Southern Europe annually, diversifying Russian gas routes away from transit countries such as Ukraine.
The pipe will go from Russia to Bulgaria via the Black Sea; in Bulgaria it will split in two – with the northern leg going through Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia to Austria and Northern Italy, and the southern leg going through Greece to Southern Italy.
“We’re seeing a general sort of shift at the moment in the region of countries that are favouring South Stream. There is a realisation that Nabucco is not going to happen, at least in its original form. Although there will still presumably be large volumes of Azerbaijani gas probably crossing the Balkans. It may not go through Nabucco but it will go through TANAP and whatever carries gas onwards from the western end of Turkey,” Lee said. “But I think supporting or at least voicing support for South Stream is no longer perhaps seen as undermining Nabucco because I think the idea of Nabucco has largely evaporated now.”
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