Romania – PREMIERE in the middle of winter. Today it is a net exporter of…
Romania is today a net exporter of gas, for the first time in the last year and for the first time for the winter season, from Bulgaria, entering 11.4 million cubic meters, while 6 million cubic meters arrive in Hungary, and another 6.4 million cubic meters in Republic of Moldova, reveals data analyzed by Profit.ro.
At least during the winter, Romania is, as a rule, a net importer of gas, current consumption being covered by domestic production, withdrawals from deposits and imports.
Today, domestic production, of 24.1 million cubic meters, and extractions from deposits, of 22.6 million cubic meters, are sufficient to cover current consumption, one million cubic meters from these sources, in addition to the 11.4 million imports, taking . the export route, in Hungary and the Republic of Moldova.
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Through the Csanadpalota interconnection point, Romania exports 6 million cubic meters to Hungary, and 2.1 million cubic meters reach the Republic of Moldova through the Ungheni interconnection point and 4.3 million cubic meters through the Isaccea one (via Ukraine).
Tuesday’s imports, exports, domestic production and withdrawals from warehouses (Source: Transgaz)
The imports of 6.4 million cubic meters carried out through Romania are intended to supply Chisinau and the western part of the Republic of Moldova, which are no longer supplied with Russian gas directly from Gazprom, which reaches Transnistria exclusively.
“For the first time in the history of our country, the right bank will not consume gas supplied by Gazprom. Since last year, we have promised to make reserves and find alternatives so that we are no longer dependent on a single source. I managed to do this,” recently declared the Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spînu.
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The Commission for Exceptional Situations decided on Friday that, for the month of December, the supplier MoldovaGaz should buy 100 million cubic meters of natural gas from Energocom, the state company mandated to enjoy gas and energy from the regional markets, at the price environment. of 1108.61 dollars per thousand cubic meters.
According to the deal with Energocom, the gas purchased by the Republic of Moldova from the Russian state giant Gazprom will be supplied to the separatist Transnistrian region, loyal to the Kremlin, located on the left bank of the Dniester, which, in return, will supply Chisinau with electricity.
Energocom stores detonated gas in facilities in Ukraine and Romania, but, Reuters notes, it is not clear where it buys the gas from.
Moreover, it is not clear where the Energocom gas is stored in Romania.
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At the beginning of November, Depogaz Ploiești, which operates 90% of domestic storage capacity, told Profit.ro that “there are no contracts for natural gas storage services with Energocom and no other economic operator from the Republic of Moldova”.
The Republic of Moldova buys natural gas from Gazprom at a price of $1,031 per thousand cubic meters. However, in October, Gazprom reduced deliveries to the Republic of Moldova by 30%, threatening to further reduce their volume. Also since October, the price of gas for domestic consumers has been increased by almost 30%, reaching about 30 Moldovan lei for a cubic meter.
Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spînu stated on Saturday that, although the price for gas purchased from Energocom is higher than that of Gazprom, the tariff for the population will not change, and will be compensated by the state.
The 6 million cubic meters of gas exported to Hungary are probably transit ones, Budapest having signed a contract with Gazprom, which delivers its gas via Turk Stream, then via the 2 available transport routes, Romania and Serbia.