Europe will have to forget about energy independence

Oil Resursy17-01-2008 Europe will have to forget about energy independence Europe will never throw off the burden of gas dependence on Russia. Further confirmation of that - the expected signing of an agreement between Russia and Bulgaria during the visit of Vladimir Putin. According to many experts, the result of the visit the head of the Russian Federation will not only be an agreement on construction of the pipeline, but the final decision on the entry of Bulgaria into the gas pipeline project South Stream. Even last summer at an energy summit Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said that Bulgaria would like to join the Russian-Italian gas project, says Anna Bigness.ru Znatnova, an analyst at IFC Alemar. Help the South Stream project - a system of gas pipelines that connect Russia and Europe via the Black Sea. The total length of the Black Sea will be around 900 km, maximum depth - more than 2000 m. The sea section of South Stream will run under the Black Sea from the Russian coast (Beregovaya) to the Bulgarian. For the construction of the onshore section deals with two different route, passing through the territory of member countries of the European Union.