Energy in Slovenia

The launch of the construction works for the underwater section of the South Stream gas pipeline has been postponed by a month, according to a Gazprom official.

Gazprom executives are to meet November 5 to consider the approval of certain transactions with the assets of South Stream Bulgaria, the Russian energy giant announced.

Alexander Ivannikov, First Deputy Head of the Department for Finance & Economics at Gazprom, has announced a major spike in the cost of the South Stream gas pipeline.

SAINT PETERSBURG/BELGRADE - Gazprom has filled the underground gas storage facility in Banatski Dvor, northern Serbia, to capacity and it now contains 450 million cubic metres of gas as an additional guarantee of the security of Russian gas exports to Serbia, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the approaching winter.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said on Tuesday Serbia awaited decisions from world powers when it came to the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline.

Washington appealed recently to break off the dirty deals related to South Stream.

The South Stream gas pipeline is not a priority in the EU's energy strategy, according to Federica Mogherini, the incoming EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy.

Mogherini, as cited by ITAR-TASS, commented on the gas pipeline project during her hearing at the European Parliament on Monday.

The South Stream gas pipeline project has not been suspended and is being implemented despite the complications, according to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

Novak, as cited by RIA Novosti, assured journalists Thursday that the project had not been halted, adding that the intergovernmental agreements were still in force.

Sunday's vote for parliament will determine whether Bulgaria will continue to build the Moscow-backed South Stream gas pipeline - a project opposed by the EU, the AP has said.

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NOVI SAD - Srbijagas Director Dusan Bajatovic stated on Friday that he expects the works on the construction of the South Stream pipeline section through Serbia to begin in late October or early November.

The laying of pipes on the bottom of Black Sea for the South Stream gas pipeline starts in November, said the spokesperson of South Stream Transport Jasper Jansen, quoted by the BTA wire service.

In his words everything was ready and the laying of pipes will start from the Russian side of the pipline.