Bulgaria, Turkey Mull Joint Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal
Energy | March 31, 2010, Wednesday // 18:32| views
Mexican President Felipe Calderon (R) greets Spanish Energy Secretary Pedro Mar?n (L) during the opening of the International Energy Forum, Cancun, Mexico, 30 March 2010. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Bulgaria’s Economy Miniser, Traicho Traikov, has used his participation at the biennial International Energy Forum in Cancun, Mexico to hold talks with representatives of Turkey, Oman, and Qatar.
Traikov has met with Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz in order to discuss the construction of a joint liquefied natural gas terminal on Turkish territory.
The two countries are planning a facility with a total capacity of 6 billion cubic meters per year, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism has announced without providing further details.
During the first day of the forum in Cancun, Bulgaria’s Minister Traikov also met with Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas of Oman.
The topics of their conversation included the projects for linking Bulgaria’s gas transit system with the networks of neighboring countries, the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, and the potential participation of Oman investors in the Super Borovets mountain resort project.
Traikov has invited representatives of Oman’s government to visit Sofia, whereas Minister Al-Rumhy has prompted Bulgarian firms to participate in the extraction of oil and natural gas in the Persian Gulf country.
The Bulgarian Minister has also suggested that Bulgaria could aid Oman in the training of nuclear energy specialists.
Traikov is also set to meet with the Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdullah al-Attiya.
The world energy forum in Cancun was opened on Tuesday by the Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Germany and Kuwait are co-organizers. Representatives of 70 nations as well as of energy companies from the around world participate in the summit.
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