Baku, Azerbaijan, January 12. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Serbia will not be interrupted, according to a trend report.
“Our brothers and friends in Azerbaijan have just informed me that gas supplies to Serbia will not be interrupted, regardless of objective problems caused by force majeure. We are immensely grateful to Azerbaijan and President Ilham Aliyev, with whom we look forward to meeting you in Belgrade soon,” Vucic wrote.
Vucic announced yesterday that Azerbaijan had informed Serbia that it had cut off 1.7 million cubic meters of gas per day due to technical problems at the Shah Deniz oil field.
Meanwhile, some media outlets are speculating that supply disruptions could last “several months.”
A source familiar with energy markets told Trend that gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Serbia are expected to resume around January 15.
bp Azerbaijan also informed Trend that the company is working to resolve the technical issues as quickly as possible.
“Efforts are underway to resolve the technical issues in the shortest possible time. There is no problem with the Shah Deniz Alpha platform itself or any other platform. The problem lies with the subsea condensate export line between the Shah Deniz Alpha platform and the Sangachal terminal,” bp said.
On November 15, 2023, Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and Serbia’s Srbijagas signed a contract for the supply of Azerbaijani gas to Serbia. Under the agreement, up to 400 million cubic meters of gas will be supplied annually from Azerbaijan to Serbia from 2024 to 2026, with supplies likely to increase from 2027.
Gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Serbia began in February 2024. In September 2024, SOCAR and Srbijagas signed an additional agreement to supply 1 million cubic meters of gas per day from November 1, 2024 to April 1, 2025.
