Bulgaria has secured seven cargo shipments of U.S. LNG from October to ensure gas inflows in the winter, outgoing Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said. Bulgaria has been struggling to ensure gas supplies after Russia's Gazprom cut off deliveries over its refusal to pay in rubles. The Balkan country consumes about 3 Bcm/a of gas, with more than 90% of supply coming from Russia until May. It has recently received 1 Bcm/a from Azerbaijan and also imports gas from traders in neighboring Greece and Romania. Petkov said the LNG shipments, agreed with the support of the European Union's executive Commission, could commence if the caretaker government appointed by President Rumen Radev confirms the deal and ensures that the tankers can be offloaded at LNG terminals in Greece or Turkey.
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