Bulgaria, Greece form task force to build Greek LNG terminal
ATHENS - Bulgarian state energy holding company BEH and Greek natural gas company Gastrade have set up a joint task force to prepare a proposal to build an offshore LNG terminal in northern Greece, Gastrade said on Tuesday.
Greece has one LNG terminal on an islet off Athens. Gastrade, which is part of Greek energy group Copelouzos, is planning a second LNG terminal near the northern city of Alexandroupolis.
The task force will prepare and submit a proposal to the Bulgarian government for the best possible way to take part in the project, Gastrade stated.
The facility, with an estimated annual capacity of 6.1 Bcm, will seek to supply gas to southeastern Europe via another natural gas pipeline scheme that will cross through Greece, the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB). Bulgaria and Greece signed the final investment agreement for the pipeline last year.
The IGB and the LNG terminal fit with the construction of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) which will transport Caspian gas to European markets and was signed off by Greece and its partners this month.
The Alexandroupolis terminal is expected to cost about €370 MM ($413 MM) and is expected to be operational at the end of 2018, an official at Gastrade told Reuters.
Cheniere Energy, a US-based LNG exporter, is interested in a minority stake in the LNG project, a senior company official said last year.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; editing by David Evans)
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