Bulgaria claims Azerbaijan has stopped gas supply until January 11

Bulgargaz EAD, the Bulgarian gas state company, has received notification that Azerbaijan suspended gas supplies to Bulgaria for unspecified reasons from January 7 until January 11.

Bulgargaz reported that Bulgargaz has sourced replacement gas volumes from Botas in Turkey.

The company said that it did not incur additional costs to replace the natural gas, nor did the outage affect the market for natural gas in the area.

A source in the industry said that "an issue" was at BP's Alpha Platform at the Shah Deniz Gas Field.

BP Azerbaijan didn't respond to a comment request immediately.

Bulgaria stopped receiving Russian Gas in April 2022, after refusing to pay via a scheme that involved rouble payment stipulated by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Azerbaijan is supplying more than one billion cubic meters (bcm), while the remainder of its gas needs are met by other sources. (Reporting and editing by David Goodman, Nailia Bagirova, Vladimir Soldatkin)

(source: Reuters)