Events
17th Annual CIS & Turkey Oil and Gas Transportation Congress
11 November 2015, Istanbul
Eustream will take place in the 17th Annual CIS & Turkey Oil and Gas Transportation Congress where Mirek Topolánek, Member of the Board of Directors and Director of Development and Public Affairs, Eustream, will present the impact of the Eastring pipeline project on the EU and Turkey natural gas market.
Meeting of Ministry of Economy Slovakia and Ministry of Energy Romania
3 September 2015, Bucharest
The Slovak Minister of Economy Vazil Hudák met the Romanian Minister of Energy Andrei Gerea to discuss the Eastring project.
At the meeting, Mr. Hudák expressed full support of the Slovak government to the Eastring project and proposed to establish High-Level Working Group as he stated in official letters to Eastring partners sent in July 2015. The Slovak and Romanian TSOs’ representatives were also present at the meeting.
Meeting with Bulgartransgaz (BG) and Ministry of Energy Bulgaria 22 July 2015, Sofia
Eustream’s top managers negotiated with representatives from Bulgarian national gas transmission company Bulgartransgaz and with Bulgarian Ministry of Energy, Temenuzhka Petkova.
10th GLOBSEC – Bratislava Global Security Forum 20 June 2015, Bratislava
In the Globsec – Global Security Forum EASTRING was represented by Tomáš Mareček, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eustream, and Mirek Topolánek, Director of Development and Public Affairs, Eustream.
Mr. Mareček participated in Globsec Energy Forum panel where one of the discussed topics were EASTRING’s key facts and benefits for Europe. Mr. Topolánek with Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President for the Energy Union, European Commission, Daniel Mitov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, and Fatih Birol, Chief Economist and Executiev Director – Elect, International Energy Agency took part in the discussion Energy: A Perfect Dis(Union)?.
22nd International Caspian Oil & Gas Conference 4 June 2015, Baku
Eustream took place in the 22nd International Caspian Oil & Gas Conference where Mirek Topolánek, Director of Development and Public Affairs, Eustream, introduced the inception of the Eastring pipeline project and how it connects Europe with countries of the Caspian region.
Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria sign Declaration supporting market integration in the broader region 21 May 2015, Riga
The government officials of Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria confirmed their support for the implementation of interconnection and substantial bi-directional capacity of existing infrastructure for natural gas supply on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and the Slovak Republic and for joint efforts to seek new sources and routes of diversification with the signing of Declaration at Riga Summit, 21st May 2015.
By signing the Declaration, countries declared their full political support for enhancing the security of supply and market integration in the region. The importance of the Declaration, signed by Ministers of Foreign Affairs of four participating countries underlined Tomáš Mareček, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eustream as a very important step for energy security in Europe: “Big international projects cannot progress without political support. It is in the public interest that governments cooperate with companies to ensure energy security and market integration in the broader region. In Riga we have seen such cooperation.”
On the occasion of this signing, Mirek Topolánek, Head of International Development and Public Affairs of Eustream said: “We propose a project which offers direct and cost-effective bi-directional transmission route between Turkey and the rest of the Europe which fully complies with the spirit of the Declaration and represents an important step towards the Single European Market in the vision of the Energy Union. This project will be able to transport natural gas from different areas and alternative sources – it will bring gas from Turkish border to Europe and also from liquid European gas hubs to Turkey. In the same time it will provide South-eastern Europe with gas from the European gas hubs. By offering the opportunity for diversification of transmission routes as well as supply sources the project enhances the security of supply, especially in the countries of the South-eastern Europe. All these highlight the strategic nature of the Eastring project.”
Diversification of transmission routes and supply sources is also a priority of European Commission and one of the major steps towards achieving the full targets of the Energy Union.
Signing of Declaration follows the inclusion of Eastring to TYNDP (Ten Year Network Development Plan) almost two weeks ago, 13th May 2015. The official inclusion of Eastring to the list of European projects by ENTSOG (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas) is another important step towards successful implementation of the project.
Annual BBSPA Conference 24 April 2015, Vienna
Eustream took place in the 21th Annual Balkan and Black Sea Petroleum Association Conference where Mirek Topolánek, Director of Development and Public Affairs, Eustream, introduced the inception of the Eastring pipeline project.
GIE Annual Conference 24 April 2015, Dublin
Eustream participated in the 13th GIE Annual Conference where Tomáš Mareček, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eustream, presented the alternative sources of gas to Central and Eastern Europe and the Eastring project.
Eastring – proposed as a project of the TYNDP 22 April 2015, Bratislava
The Eastring project was submitted as project of the latest Ten Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP), as a single unified international project of Slovakia, Hungary/Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria.
Eastring project mentioned at the official visit of the President of Turkey, R.T. Erdogan, to Slovakia 31 March 2015, Bratislava
During a business discussion forum as further economy cooperation and energy security between Turkey and the Slovak republic was discussed, Turkish president R.T. Erdogan said that Turkey is aware of the Eastring pipeline project.
Meeting with Transgaz SA (RO) and Ministry of Economy Romania 30 March 2015, Bucharest
Eustream’s top managers negotiated with representatives from Romanian national gas transmission company Transgaz and with Romanian Ministry of Economy, Mihai Tudose.
European Gas Transport & Storage Summit 23 March 2015, Munich
Milan Sedláček, Director for Commercial and Regulatory Management, Eustream, has informed about the new gas transit project Eastring at the 8th Annual European Gas Transport & Storage Summit in Munich.
European Gas Transport & Storage Summit 23 March 2015, Munich
Milan Sedláček, Director for Commercial and Regulatory Management, Eustream, has informed about the new gas transit project Eastring at the 8th Annual European Gas Transport & Storage Summit in Munich.
Meeting with Bulgartransgaz EAD (BG) 6 March 2015, Sofia
Top representatives and experts of Eustream and Bulgartransgaz continued discussions on commercial and technical aspects of the Eastring pipeline project. The meeting was preceded by a short appointment of Eustream and Bulgartransgaz representatives with Temenuzhka Petkova, Bulgarian Minister of Energy, and Delian Dobrev, Chairman of the Energy Committee, the Parliament of Bulgaria.
Energy Forecast Summit 4 March 2015, Brussels
Eastring had participated on the Energy Forecast Summit – Paneuropean 2015 Outlook.
Technical Meeting with FGSZ Ltd. (HU) 26 February 2015, Budapest
Meeting of technical experts of Eustream and FGSZ
Eastring project presented to Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (TR) 18 February 2015, Ankara
Rastislav Ňukovič, CEO, Eustream, and Mirek Topolánek, Director of International Development and Public Affairs, Eustream, met with Sefa Sadik Aytekin, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources to discuss possibilities of cooperation and support of the Eastring pipeline project.
Negotiation with Bulgartransgaz EAD (BG) 17 February 2015, Bratislava
Top representatives of Eustream met with their partners from Bulgartransgaz, Bulgarian natural gas transmission and storage operator, to discuss the commercial aspects of the Eastring pipeline project and philosophy of the Memorandum of Understanding.
In parallel a meeting of technical experts of Bulgartransgaz and Eustream took place in order to continue in solving of Eastring technical aspects.
V4 Regulatory Meeting 11 February 2015, Prague
Milan Sedláček, Director of Commercial and Regulatory Management, Eustream, introduced the Eastring pipeline project at the V4 Regulatory Meeting in Prague.
Negotiation with FGSZ Ltd. (HU) 9 February 2015, Budapest
Eustream’s representatives participated in negotiation with Hungarian natural gas transmission and system operator FGSZ.
Black Sea Oil & Gas Summit 28 January 2015, Vienna
Eustream took place in the 8th annual European Gas Conference (Black Sea Oil & Gas Summit) where Mirek Topolánek, Director of Development and Public Affairs, Eustream, introduced the inception of the Eastring pipeline project.
Negotiation with Bulgartransgaz EAD (BG) 21 January 2015, Sofia
Eustream’s representatives participated in negotiation with Bulgarian natural gas transmission and storage operator Bulgartransgaz.
Negotiation with TRANSGAZ SA (RO) 20 January 2015, Bucharest
Eustream’s top managers negotiated with representatives from Romanian national gas transmission company TRANSGAZ.
