Romania has started exporting gas to Moldova, a small state hit by a severe energy crisis following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Romanian operator Transgaz said.
“Transportation of gas has begun” on Saturday, company representatives said, quoted by the Agerpres news agency.
This was the first time that Romania had supplied gas to its neighbor through a pipeline linking the city of Iasi with Ungheni on the other side of the border.
Opened in 2014 with financial support from the European Union, this 43-kilometer branch has a theoretical capacity of 1.5 billion cubic meters per year, which is enough for Moldova’s needs.
The pipeline has never been used by Moldova, which only finished connecting in 2019 and 120 kilometers to the capital Chisinau.
Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was financially more profitable for the former Soviet republic to buy gas from the Russian Federation, which was sold below the prices practiced on the European market.
But in recent months, supplies of Russian gas, on which it is almost 100% dependent, have sharply decreased in Moldova.
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Source: CM Jornal
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