First data on the export of natural gas in Moldova

Romania will not import any cubic meter of Russian gas next month, and domestic production of natural gas will exceed total gas demand, including technological consumption and quantities of storage in underground storage for an amount of 131,775 MWh is exported to Moldova According to the National Regulatory Authority for Energy (ANRE).

From estimates of the national transmission system operator natural gas Transgaz, published by ANRE April 2015, natural gas consumption, including consumption of the regulated and eligible customers, plus technological consumption will be more than 6% lower than in April 2014.

Next month Transgaz estimates, the total demand for natural gas, which includes customer consumption, consumption of storage technology and quantities for underground storage will be 10,028,000 MWh, 0.2% less than the current domestic production of natural gas, estimated at 10,048,000 MWh.

In April, the total demand for natural gas will be covered at a rate of only 0.007% of import, but import is not current, but previously imported and stored gas that will be extracted from underground storage facilities, in the amount of 741 181 MWh.

By comparison, in April 2014, natural gas consumption in Romania was provided at a rate of 95.54% of domestic production, including quantities contained in the import and 4.46%, including stored quantities.

The document prepared by Transgaz estimated and published by ANRE set and an amount of 131,775 MWh of gas for "marketing in non-EU countries". Moldova started on March 4 gas imports from Romania Iasi-Ungheni pipeline . Under the agreement signed in December 2014, Moldova will receive during 2015 about 11,000 MWh of natural gas in Romania.

The latest final data published by ANRE, the month of November 2014, shows that in that month, natural gas consumption in Romania was provided at a rate of 98.14% of domestic production, including quantities contained and only 1, 86% of imports, including quantities contained.

In November 2014, the average price of natural gas imported from Romania was $ 378 / thousand cubic meters, down 5% compared to November 2013, when it stood at $ 398 / thousand cubic meters.

IMF compensates for loss of Gazprom

According Tuesday, natural gas invoice value could decrease by 1-3% from 1 April following the elimination of import Russian gas, but the price of gas from domestic production could increase by 6-7% on July 1, according to outcome of discussions between the Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

"From April 1st to anyone not impose import and January 1st there anyway basket gas industry, but for consumers marriage. This year, we believe that we will not depend on import, but that does not mean import agreements companies do not remain in force ", said recently, for Tuesday, Niculae Havrileţ, President ANRE .

Gas market has been liberalized for companies to January 1, 2014, so far only population receives gas at regulated prices.

IMF and the European Commission (EC) has asked the government to increase gas prices for households and thermal power plants (CHP) from 53.3 to 62 lei lei MWh from 1 April. The government has advanced the price of 58 lei, unsupported by the IMF and the EC. Failure to raise the price of gas was one of the reasons that has not been completed a new letter of intent to the IMF agreement.

According to the timetable agreed by the Government in 2011 with the IMF and the EC, the price of gas for households would have to increase from 53.3 lei MW / h in July 2014 to 54.6 lei in October 2014 to 56.1 lei January 2015 to 58.9 lei in April 2015 and 62 lei in July 2015. The price increase was postponed by the government, which wants to extend the timetable for the disposal of regulated prices three years until 30 June 2021.

ANRE Havrileţ added that the IMF proposed that gas prices are adjusted once a year, at the end of cold, not two or three times a year as before. The ASEM talks with IMF longer version as the domestic gas price to be fixed 1 July to 62 lei per MWh and should not be changed until at least April 1, 2016.

"IMF ANRE asked not to be price increases two to three times a year, but once a year. The IMF agrees with that," said Havrileţ.

According to the timetable for increasing the price of gas from domestic production 2018 price would be 119 lei per MWh, but it is necessary to revise the plan, due to changing market situation and the decrease in consumption.

"According to the schedule, the price would be 119 lei in 2018. We want to close timing at market price, which is now 90 lei per MWh. Together with the Ministry of Energy, ANRE will make another calendar, still valid until 2018, but if they are imbalances between calendar and the market situation, extendable by 2021. The new calendar will go on the closing price of 90 lei instead of 119. You may, however, be lower, around 72-75 lei per MWh, "said Havrileţ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_and_gas_field

He added that, theoretically, the timing of liberalization of domestic gas prices could be closed now, but the price increase would be "steep".