Bulgargaz, the Bulgarian state gas company, selected Shell on Tuesday as the winner of a tender for the delivery of one liquefied natural gas cargo, the company said.
The tender attracted five bidders competing to supply approximately 1 million megawatt hours of LNG for delivery into Turkey. The successful shipment will be loaded in the United States and is slated to arrive at its Turkish destination toward the end of May.
According to Bulgargaz, the imported LNG is intended to help meet domestic demand over the summer months. The company will bring the gas into Bulgaria under an existing import arrangement with Turkish state operator BOTAS. That agreement provides Bulgargaz with access to Turkish gas storage capacity and to gas pipelines that link into Bulgarian networks.
Details released by Bulgargaz note the specific logistics of the tender: a single cargo, loaded in the United States, routed to Turkey, and then imported into Bulgaria leveraging the BOTAS access granted under the bilateral arrangement. The tender process involved five submitting parties, with Shell emerging as the successful vendor.
The company characterized the cargo as aimed at summer demand needs. The public statement sets the expected arrival timing at the end of May, and cites the use of Turkish storage and pipeline infrastructure via the BOTAS agreement as the route for bringing the gas onward into Bulgarian supply systems.
Context and immediate details
- One LNG cargo was procured through a competitive tender process in which five companies submitted bids.
- The cargo quantity was specified at about 1 million megawatt hours and will be loaded in the United States for delivery in Turkey.
- Bulgargaz will import the gas using the companys agreement with BOTAS, which grants access to Turkish storage facilities and pipelines.
The announcement provides a concise account of the commercial steps agreed for this particular delivery. Beyond naming Shell as the selected supplier and specifying the cargo size, loading point, transit destination, and expected arrival window, the statement highlights that the cargo is intended to address seasonal demand in Bulgaria during the summer period.