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

The interconnector between Romania and Bulgaria, as well as the BRUA project, will ensure the integration of natural gas sources from the Caspian and Mediterranean basins, 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.

“This Memorandum is a central element of Romania’s intentions to be active in the regional and European energy context. This initiative opens, on one hand, the access of our country and Europe to the Caspian gas resources and, on the other hand, includes BRUA in a transport system linking Central Asia to the heart of Europe,” says Energy Minister, Anton Anton.