Press Release: Commissioner Piebalgs welcomes the agreement on the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has welcomed the signature of an agreement between Russia, Greece and Bulgaria on the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline. This new infrastructure will link the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas with the Greek Mediterranean port of Alexandroupolis. The Construction of this pipeline will reduce the increasing pressure of maritime oil transport through the Bosphorus and the Dardanel straights.