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