Bulgartransgaz EAD herewith notifies all interested parties that after the conduct of an initial natural gas storage capacity allocation procedure in Chiren UGS for gas year 2020 – 2021, there remains available storage capacity.
As of 24 April 2020 Bulgartransgaz, EAD is looking forward to receive Storage Applications in line with items 5.5 and 5.6 of the Rules for access to Chiren UGS.
Potential customers must submit Storage Capacity Applications to take part in the allocation procedure. The template for the Application is available here.
Storage capacity in the procedure shall be allocated on the basis of the principles and methodology in line with items 5.1-5.3 of the Rules for access to Chiren UGS.
Information on the remaining storage, injection and withdrawal capacity available in Chiren UGS broken in gas months and days is available here.
Applications can be submitted from 12:00 on 24 April 2020 by 5:00 pm (local time in Sofia) on 4 May 2020 at Bulgartransgaz EAD registry office through registered mail or courier service to the following address:
Bulgartransgaz EAD
Residential area Lyulin 2
66 Pancho Vladigerov Blvd.
1336 Sofia, PoB 3
Any Application that arrived at the above address by 5:00 pm (local time in Sofia) on 4 May 2020 shall be considered to be received in due time.
Having regard to the state of emergency enforced in the Republic of Bulgaria to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) Bulgartransgaz EAD provides a further possibility to interested parties to submit their capacity applications for gas year 2020/2021, signed and scanned, as well as all annexes and documents thereto required in line with the Rules for access to Chiren UGS electronically to info@bulgartransgaz.bg. Any Application that arrived at the above e-mail info@bulgartransgaz.bg by the end of the day (12:00 pm, local time in Sofia) on 04 May 2020 shall be considered to be received in due time.
The procedure for submitting the Applications, the requirements to potential customers and the principles and capacity allocation methodology are regulated in the Rules for access to Chiren UGS effective as of the moment of submission of the Applications.
In line with article 3.1. of the Rules the minimum storage capacity that any potential customer may nominate in this storage capacity allocation procedure is 1 mcm.
Requests for clarification and additional information on the announced storage capacity allocation procedure in Chiren UGS for gas year 2020-2021 can be submitted in writing to fax: +359 2 925 00 63 or e-mail: info@bulgartransgaz.bg.