Liquefied gas from the USA is the best option for Bulgaria, former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said. According to him, he negotiated personally with the suppliers, without intermediaries. He pointed out:
„The offer for the seven tankers is within the framework contract and it is binding. In other words, if Bulgaria requests these tankers, the offering company cannot refuse. For October and November we were ready with the possibility of the ship being parked in Greece. We didn’t want to sign them because we didn’t want the government to say in the last 2-3 days: „They signed some kind of gas contracts“. We wanted to give the next cabinet a chance to make an assessment. The seven tankers were priced $30 below the European market at that time.”
This was stated by former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov. According to him, Gazprom has stopped the supply of natural gas for 24 hours, despite the existing contract. He pointed out that only 14 days after that, two ships traveled to our country. According to him, the best thing about the case is that the seven tankers come directly from a manufacturer.
According to him, Bulgaria had an option whether to buy American liquefied gas. He said that during his administration they managed to agree that it would not cost Bulgaria anything. The former prime minister explained:
„We agreed with about 20 euros below the market price option for Bulgaria to take it. When the crisis headquarters was announced about the very terrible thing that was coming, no one from „Bulgargaz“ was invited to it. No one called this company, which was willing to give up the October slot. The question is what exactly does this crisis headquarters do? When we turned the tap and Boyko Borissov was practicing nonsense, there was nothing in the tap. In it there was already a pressure in the Greek connection of 40 bars. Then Act 14 was signed, now we need Acts 15 and 16. They can easily be issued by the Bulgarian authorities until the end of August. If the gas connection with Greece does not work in September, I will really argue that there is a delay on purpose.”
Kiril Petkov explained that it was not known whether „We continue the change“ would appear together with „Democratic Bulgaria“ /DB/ with common lists in the upcoming elections, as the sociological and mathematical surveys were still pending.
