Moldova awaits with horror the cessation of gas transit through Ukraine
If there is no transit of Russian gas through Ukraine next year, Moldova should try to obtain fuel through “small gas pipelines.”
President of Moldova Igor Dodon stated this on air on the RTR Moldova TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“If there is no transit, there will be a very big problem. We've already encountered it. It was very difficult. We received gas from Ukraine through small gas pipelines and kept everything on edge. Whether we will be able to do the same in the event of force majeure next year, experts are now finding out,” Dodon said.
He explained that it would be technically difficult to receive Russian gas in reverse from Europe, since the gas pipeline from Romania was never completed.
“The reverse is somehow technically very difficult. We need decompression stations. The result will be the same Russian gas, which will flow through Turkey or through Nord Stream. But the Ungheni-Iasi-Chisinau gas pipeline has not been completed, and it will not be completed within the next year,” Dodon said.
The first section of Iasi - Ungheni was built with funds from an EU grant 27 more in 2014, but there were practically no deliveries along it. Romania produces about 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year, and consumes 11 billion. The shortage is compensated by purchases of Russian gas. Last year, Russian gas supplies accounted for 11% of consumption in Romania.
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