According to the statement from the Romanian natural gas transmission system operator Transgaz, the Giurgiu-Ruse gas pipeline, which connects gas networks of Romania and Bulgaria, will be completed in august, while the first quantities of gas should be transported by the end of this year.
The interconnection between Romania and Bulgaria should have been completed back in 2012, but it was delayed several times due to technical problems regarding the construction of the section under the Danube river. The statement from Transgaz explained that this is reverse-flow gas pipeline, which could be used to import and export natural gas. At the first stage, this gas interconnection will have limited export capacities, until the completion of BRHA (Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria) gas pipeline project.
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Tags: Bulgaria, Bulgartransgaz, gas, gas interconnection, Giurgiu-Ruse, HABAU, Romania, Transgaz