Natural gas compression station inaugurated today in Gümülcine
The €134 million project enhances the country’s capacity to export natural gas from the Greek transmission system to neighboring countries — including Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine — and further supports the development of the so-called “vertical corridor” for regional gas supply through Greece.
The inauguration comes just days after recent European Union decisions aimed at gradually reducing dependence on Russian natural gas — a shift that creates additional supply needs for EU member states in the region. It also coincides with preparations for the upcoming meeting of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation (P-TEC), to be held in Athens this Thursday and Friday, with the participation of government officials from Europe and the United States.
A key topic at the P-TEC meeting will be investment in infrastructure needed to accelerate the EU’s energy diversification and to expand access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) through existing and new facilities across the region.
