Reportedly, Romania imported in the first two months of 2023 a quantity of usable natural gas of 175,300 tons of oil equivalent, 64.9% (-324,500 toe) less than in the same period last year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
The domestic production of natural gas was, in the mentioned period, of 1.258 million toe, with 7.2% (84,000 toe) over that of the period January-February 2022, reports Agerpres.
The National Strategy and Forecasting Commission estimated for 2023, in the last published forecast of the energy balance, a gas production of 7.61 million toe and imports of 2.185 million toe, increasing by 2.1%, respectively decreasing by 6,2%, from year to year.
This decrease comes as a result of restricted access to Russian gas. Romania is the second largest producer of natural gas in the European Union, after the Netherlands.
