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The minister of energy Anton: Romania will achieve in due time the obligations assumed in the BRUA project
Romania will achieve in due time its obligations in the BRUA project as this pipeline will be an important part of the major framework of the system for gas transport on the national territory,stated on Monday in the plenary of the Deputies’ chamber at ‘ the government hour’ the minister for energy Anton Anton.
‘I want to say that BRUA is a very important pipeline but which means Bulgaria, Romania,Hungary and Austria. Romania,as its part of the project has started and if you haven’t seen it,the diggings have started and the pipelines have been placed, I’m sorry. So BRUA is due time Romania will achieve its promises in due time, as Romania has a special interest in this pipeline,which is, will be and will constitute an important part of the major framework of the system for gas transport in Romania’ Anton said
The BRUA project is a new project on the European corridor of gas transport which will have a total length of 1,18 km and offer a better interconnection between the countries along its length, to support the electricity market allowing new connections with major infrastructure projects, such as the pipeline Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and the pipeline Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline(TANAP) other gas hubs in Central Europe and future offshore production installations in the Black Sea.
Similarly, the project is thought to ensure a better integration of the European gas markets and will increase the safety of the distribution.
Transgaz received financing for this project from the European Union which offered a grant of 179 million euro, as well as the loans from the European Bank for Investments ( 50 million euro) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( 60 million euro).
The first stage of the project includes the construction of a gas pipeline with a length of 478 km between Podisor and Recas, as well three compressor stations in Podisor, Bibesti and Jupa in Romania. The total cost of the project on the territory of our country is 479 million euro,