Moldova\u2019s domestic gas supplier Energocom said it will supply its consumers with test volumes of U.S.-origin liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time on Monday and Tuesday.
\nMoldova relied almost exclusively on Russian gas under a deal with state-controlled Gazprom but stepped up diversification efforts following Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine two years ago.
\nEnergocom said in a statement that it will buy LNG from the Alexandroupolis floating terminal in cooperation with Greek state-controlled company DEPA Commercial.
\n\u201cOn Monday and Tuesday, we will purchase 14,000 MWh of natural gas each day at the port of Alexandroupolis. There are about 28,000 MWh in total, which is equivalent to 2.6 million cubic metres of gas,\u201d Victor Binzar, Energocom\u2019s acting director, was quoted as saying.
\nThe company has already tested the import route from Greece, buying a small amount of gas in 2023.
\nMoldova does not currently buy gas from Russia but its breakaway Transdniestria region relies on its supplies. The total amount of gas in demand is slightly over 3 billion cubic meters per year.
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Moldova’s domestic gas supplier Energocom will supply its consumers with test volumes of U.S.-origin liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time on Monday and Tuesday. Moldova has been diversifying its gas sources following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Energocom will purchase LNG from the Alexandroupolis floating terminal in Greece. Moldova does not currently buy gas from Russia, but its breakaway Transdniestria region relies on Russian supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1521,2021,3475,4549,26,358,4548,747,613,3595,1007,3091,758,1220,19,1827,1008,4550,17,380],"class_list":["post-6418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-1521","tag-consumers","tag-cooperation","tag-domestic-gas-supplier","tag-economy","tag-energy","tag-gas","tag-greece","tag-insider-economy","tag-lng","tag-moldova","tag-moscow","tag-natural-gas","tag-port","tag-russia","tag-statement","tag-transdniestria","tag-u-s-origin-liquefied-natural-gas","tag-ukraine","tag-us"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n