三个集团竞标在保加利亚建造14亿欧元天然气管道

据路透社3月7日索菲亚报道，保加利亚国有网络运营商Bulgartransgaz周四表示，三个财团已提交了14亿欧元（15.8亿美元）的投标书，以建造一条穿越保加利亚的俄罗斯天然气管道。

“Bulgatransgaz将尽最大努力按照保加利亚和欧盟的法律来实施这个项目，”Bulgartransgaz首席执行官Vladimir Malinov告诉记者。

这条长484公里（303英里）的管道预计将从保加利亚东南部与土耳其接壤，西至塞尔维亚，从俄罗斯的TurkStream双管道输送天然气至土耳其。

这条路线预计将于2019年底开始运作。

俄罗斯总理Dmitry Medvedev周一告诉保加利亚总理Boyko Borissov，在选择保加利亚作为其TurkStream天然气管道项目的路线之前，俄罗斯需要欧盟委员会提供担保。

上个月，在一家保加利亚公司要求澄清后，该投标被暂停，该公司后来撤回了投标。

李方征    编译自    路透社

原文如下：

Three groups bid to build 1.4 billion euro gas pipeline in Bulgaria

Three consortiums have submitted bids in a 1.4 billion euro ($1.58 billion) tender to build a pipeline to carry Russian natural gas across Bulgaria, state-owned network operator Bulgartransgaz said on Thursday.

“Bulgatransgaz will make its utmost efforts to carry out this project in line with Bulgarian and EU laws,” Bulgartransgaz CEO Vladimir Malinov told reporters.

The 484-km (303 mile) pipeline is expected to run from Bulgaria’s border with Turkey in the southeast to Serbia to the west, carrying gas from Russia’s TurkStream twin pipeline to Turkey.

The link is expected to begin operating by the end of 2019.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov on Monday that Russia needs guarantees from the European Commission prior to choosing Bulgaria as a route for its TurkStream gas pipeline project.

The tender was suspended last month following a request for clarification by a Bulgarian company, which has since withdrawn it.