Transgaz CEO Ion Sterian recently met in Bucharest with the management of state partner Srbijagas, represented by CEO Dušan Bajatović, to discuss details of the construction of the gas interconnector between the two neighboring countries.
“Today’s discussions were thorough and practical. They followed the meeting two weeks ago when the Memorandum of Understanding on the project to build a gas interconnector between Romania and Serbia was signed,” said the CEO of Transgaz.
“Serbia will build three gas pipelines, 13 kilometers long from the border to Mokrin, 35 kilometers from Mokrin to Banati Zvor (gas storage) and 110 kilometers from Banati Zvor to Pančevo near Belgrade. We will hold a new meeting in Timisoara on 22 and 23 September to define the work and implementation plan,” Ion Sterian stressed.
The project “Connection of the Romanian national gas transportation system with the similar gas transportation system in Serbia” involves the construction of a new gas transportation pipeline that will connect the BRUA gas transportation pipeline with the Mokrin technological hub in Serbia.
At the beginning of August, Ion Sterian said he expected the investment to be completed by 2028 if everything went well.
The gas pipeline will have a capacity of 1.6 to 2.5 billion cubic meters. On Romanian territory, the gas pipeline will be connected to the BRUA Phase I pipeline (Petrovaselo, Timis County) and will be 85.56 km long (Romania-Serbia border – Comlosu Mare, Timis County). There will also be a measuring station at the border.
“All localities through which this pipeline passes will be connected to the gas network. We have already granted the administrative-territorial units preliminary permits for connection and will subsequently grant them technical permits for connection. Serbia wants to diversify its gas sources and Transgaz can ensure the transit of gas from the Caspian Sea, LNG from terminals in Greece and Turkey, as well as gas to be produced in the Black Sea. I am sure that the market will adjust all gas volumes,” Ion Sterian said.
The gas pipeline will cross the following administrative-territorial units on Romanian territory: Recas, Lenauheim, Remetea Mare, Giarmata, Pischia, Sanandrei, Ortisoara, Satchinez, Biled, Sandra, Gottlob, Comlosu Mare. The pipeline will be designed to ensure a gas return flow of at least 1.6 billion m³/year (183,000 Scm/h).
