Bulgaria considers pulling out of pipeline project

Article reports that Bulgaria is considering pulling out of a regional oil pipeline project, June 2010, on environmental grounds, because of fears triggered by BP’s massive oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister, said the construction of an offshore oil terminal and a 280km overland pipeline to ship Russian oil from the Black Sea to the Aegean could pose unacceptable hazards.

ESO: Background information: Go ahead for Balkan oil pipeline http://www.europeansources.info/record/go-ahead-for-balkan-oil-pipeline/

Wikiepdia: Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgas-Alexandroupoli_pipeline

Focus Information Agency, 11.6.10: Bulgaria has not taken official steps to terminate its participation in Burgas-Alexandroupolis project: Council of Ministers http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n222427

EurActiv, 17.6.10: Russia in pipeline war with Bulgaria http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/russia-pipeline-war-bulgaria-news-495334

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