First Gazprom filling station opens in Bulgaria

Gazprom Neft’s subsidiary, Serbian NIS j.s.c Novi Sad, has opened its first Gazprom branded filling station in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is a priority market for Gazprom Neft. NIS is currently completing the construction of nine more filling stations, with an additional 10 stations also being planned. By the end of the year, there will be more than 40 NIS-branded stations in Bulgaria. NIS now operates Gazprom branded filling stations in three countries in the Balkan region, following the opening of retail filling stations in Serbia and Romania at the end of 2012.
The Gazprom-branded network will have more than 250 filling stations operating in the Balkan region by the end of 2015, with 80 of these in Bulgaria. NIS will manage the retail network.
“Launching a retail network under the Gazprom brand in Bulgaria is the next step towards achieving our strategic objective to develop a sales network in Europe,” says Anatoly Cherner, Gazprom Neft deputy CEO for logistics, processing and sales. “We plan to continue to expand our presence in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. I am confident that Gazprom branded network of filling stations will quickly gain popularity in the Balkans.”