Deliveries of natural gas to Bulgaria decreased by 27% year-on-year to 189 million cubic metres (mcm) in July, although in monthly terms gas deliveries went up by 5%, the statistical office said on Thursday.
Bulgaria's own output of natural gas halved to 1 mcm in July compared both to the same month of 2021 and to the month prior, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a monthly report.
Electricity production rose by 9.6% in annual terms in the seventh month of 2022, reaching 4,202 GWh. That represented a 4.2% increase compared to June.
Deliveries of electricity dropped 4.8% on an annual comparison basis to 2,614 GWh in the month under review, whereas deliveries of oil products slipped 6.4% on the year to 394,000 tonnes which was the same amount as in June.
Oil products recorded the highest annual rate of production increase, of 44.2% to 695,000 tonnes overall, which was also 4.7% higher than in June. The increase was mainly driven by a 54% jump in the production of transport diesel.
Details of Bulgaria's output of electricity and fuels in June follow:
| *Production | quantity July | y/y pct change | m/m pct change |
| Electricity | 4,202 GWh | 9.6 | 4.2 |
| Solid fuels | 2,760,000 t | 39.6 | 16.1 |
| Oil products | 695,000 t | 44.2 | 4.7 |
| -petrol | 162,000 t | 33.9 | 3.2 |
| -diesel | 325,000 t | 54.0 | 6.9 |
| Natural gas | 1,000,000 cu m | -50.0 | -50.0 |
| *Deliveries | |||
| Electricity | 2,614 GWh | -4.8 | 8.3 |
| Solid fuels | 2,761,000 t | 34.2 | 14.2 |
| Oil products | 394,000 t | -6.4 | 0.0 |
| -petrol | 36,000 t | -28.0 | -37.9 |
| -diesel | 215,000 t | -14.3 | 1.9 |
| Natural gas | 189,000,000 cu m | -27.0 | 5.0 |
source: NSI
(SeeNews, September 29, 2022)
