Arad-Szeged pipe allows Romgaz to break Russian monopoly
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Romgaz Mediaş will use the possibility of directly connecting to the Western gas market through the newly opened Arad-Szeged pipe to bring gas from the Vienna Stock Exchange.The move represents the first steps Romania is taking to loosen the Russian monopoly as regards imports of gas needed to feed the internal market.As a matter of fact, Romgaz was the first company to test gas imports through Arad-Szeged pipe, with market sources specifying the state-owned producer was the only one ...