Preparations for the commercial launch of the IGB pipeline are actively progressing, and since mid-June tests with quantities of natural gas have been underway along the 182-kilometer route of the interconnector. The test volumes are currently 3,700,000 cubic meters.
In connection with the initial filling with natural gas of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria and the planned auction on June 8, 2022 (Wednesday) from 10:00 to 16:00, we would like to inform you that the starting price of the auction will be the current reference price of a monthly product that is traded on the Balkan Gas Hub with delivery in June, 2022. The gas quantities will stay the same.
In connection with the initial filling with natural gas of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria and the planned auction on June 6, 2022 (Monday) from 10:00 to 16:00, due to lack of approved by the EWRC price for natural gas at which the public supplier sells to final suppliers and to the entities licensed for production and transmission of heat for the month of June, the starting price of the auction will be the finally proposed price at which the public supplier sells natural gas to final suppliers and entities licensed for production and transmission of heat for the month of June 2022.