Romania seeks involvement in the Southern Gas Corridor development

Romanian Government approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Energy, Transgaz and the Consultative Council of the Southern Gas Corridor on the potential for cooperation in the use of the gas transport infrastructure offered by Romania-Bulgaria Interconnector and the Bulgaria-Romania- Hungary-Austria (BRUA) in the forthcoming enlargement stages of the Southern Gas Corridor in the Balkans and Central Europe.

The interconnector between Romania and Bulgaria, as well as the BRUA project, will ensure the integration of natural gas sources from the Caspian, Mediterranean basin, the Middle East or Central Asia, with the markets in Central and Western Europe.

Upon completion, BRUA will have a transport capacity to Hungary of 4.4 billion cubic meters per year and 1.5 billion cubic meters per year to Bulgaria.

At the last participation of Romania at the Consultative Council Meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor in February 2019, Romania expressed its interest to be involved in the development of the Southern Corridor project by adding new infrastructure elements to develop energy interconnectivity .