据普氏能源资讯伦敦消息，保加利亚国有的保加利亚天然气运输公司（Bulgartransgaz）成立了一家子公司，以开发一家总部位于保加利亚的天然气枢纽，旨在增加该国及更大范围的东南欧地区的交易流动性。

保加利亚和欧盟委员会多年来一直在推动在保加利亚城市瓦尔纳建立一个东南欧实体天然气中心，尽管进展缓慢。

巴尔干半岛天然气枢纽的建立是保加利亚政府批准的2020年能源战略的一部分。

该公司在一份声明中表示：“Bulgartransgaz已经注册了一家子公司，即巴尔干天然气枢纽公司（Balkan Gas Hub AD），这将有助于实现巴尔干半岛天然气集散地概念的实现。”

东南欧国家之间的联系仍然很差，该地区的一些国家依赖从俄罗斯进口天然气，但新的基础设施项目，如希腊-保加利亚的连接，将提供新的供应替代方案。

Bulgartransgaz表示，该公司将为保加利亚和更广泛的东南欧地区的市场参与者提供使用具有所有必要功能的交易平台的机会。

该公司还表示：“巴尔干半岛天然气枢纽公司将在保加利亚建立一个液化气交易所，并与双边贸易部门建立联系，以提供最先进的产品和金融服务。”

詹晓晶  摘自  普氏能源资讯

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Bulgaria establishes subsidiary for creation of liquid Balkan gas hub 

Bulgaria's state-owned Bulgartransgaz has established a subsidiary company to develop a Bulgaria-based gas hub designed to increase trading liquidity in the country and wider southeast European region.

Bulgaria and the European Commission have been pushing for a southeast European physical gas hub to be created in the Bulgarian city of Varna for several years, though progress has been slow.

The creation of a Balkan gas hub was part of the Bulgarian government's approved 2020 energy strategy.

"Bulgartransgaz has registered a subsidiary, Balkan Gas Hub AD, which will contribute to the realization of the concept for a Balkan gas distribution hub," the company said in a statement.

Southeast Europe remains poorly interconnected, with a number of countries in the region dependent on gas imports from Russia, but new infrastructure projects such as the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria will provide new supply alternatives.

Bulgartransgaz said the company would provide market participants in Bulgaria and the wider southeast European region with the "opportunity to use a trading platform with all the necessary functionalities."