One of the PEOP's main competitors is the Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline that would carry Russian oil from Bulgaria's Black Sea coast to a Greek port in the northeast Aegean.
Jedan od glavnih konkurenata PEOP-a je Burgas-Alexandroupoli naftovod koji bi rusku naftu s bugarske obale Crnog mora prevozio do grčkih luka na sjeveroistoku Egejskog mora.