Gas imports increase to 614 pct in first 11 months; production decreases 13.5 pct

Romania imported, in the first 11 months of 2016, a quantity of 876,100 tones of oil equivalent (toe) usable natural gas, 614.6 pct (753,500 toe) higher than the one imported in the similar period of 2015, according to the centralized data of the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Domestic production of natural gas totalized 6.768 million toe in the period January-November 2016, by 1.060 milion toe (13.5 pct) lower than the one in the first 11 months of 2015.

According to the project Romania's Energy Strategy, published on the Ministry's website, annual production of natural gas is expected to decrease slightly, to an average of 9-10 million cubic meters in the period 2016-2030.

The document mentions that the natural gas production will decrease after reaching a new peak of 132 TWh in 2025, as a consequence of production from Black Sea, 96 TWh in 2030 and 65 TWH in 2050. The low price scenarios foresee a decrease to zero in gas production starting 2045.

agerpres.