Broken gas pipeline: Hungary easily displaces Serbs with gas
Late in the evening on Monday, the first day of the Bulgarian pipeline problem, Tanjug news agency Dusan Bajatovich, CEO of the state-owned gas trader Srbijagas, reported that 5 million cubic meters of gas were imported from Hungary on Monday because gas reserves were only 400 million cubic meters.
Reuters reported on Tuesday afternoon that Bajatovic had told Serbian Pink TV on Tuesday that “another 5 million” cubic meters of gas would be imported today, though he had not revealed where.
The two news points very much to the fact that due to the Bulgarian pipeline problem and low Serbian gas reserves, the Serbian gas trader turned to the Hungarian market and received 5-5 million cubic meters of gas from there.
A foot fresher gas storage data According to him, there were plenty of opportunities for this, as Hexum Földgáz Zrt. Szőreg-1 93% in its storage facility called Magyar Földgáztároló Zrt. in four containers together, the charge is 70.1%. Details on the Hungarian gas storage infrastructure can be read in this previous analysis. Two weeks ago, the Hungarian news came that the government had reduced Hungary’s strategic gas reserves by about 17% with immediate effect, and then the Ministry of Innovation and Technology also explained why it was justified, and the Hungarian Energy and Utilities Regulatory Authority issued a a soothing announcement that there will be enough gas in the winter because we have a lot in our storage.
The head of network operator Bulgartransgaz told the news agency on Tuesday afternoon that on the Transbalkan pipeline, a fracture occurred on a 27-meter section of a rocky section and are constantly working on repairs, so deliveries are expected to resume today at midnight. About history:
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