Balkan Stream is a pipeline which transports Russian natural gas from

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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and

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. It is an extension of

Turk Stream TurkStream ( or ''Türk Akımı'', ; former name: Turkish Stream) is a natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Turkey. It starts from Russkaya compressor station near Anapa in Russia's Krasnodar Region, crossing the Black Sea to the receiving ...

. Annual capacity is almost 16 bcm from Turkey and 1.8 bcm onwards to Serbia. The Serbian chunk of the project, purportedly named "Serbian stream", is headed by

Srbijagas Srbijagas (full legal name: '' J.P. Srbijagas Novi Sad'') is the state-owned natural gas provider in Serbia with headquarters in Novi Sad. History Srbijagas was established on 1 October 2005 as a result of restructuring the integrated petroleum c ...

(or "South Stream Serbia AG"), the state-owned natural gas provider of Serbia and financed by Gazprom. Bulgarian and Hungarian parts of Balkan Stream, however, are owned by local gas operators.

External links

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