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| Iași–Chișinău pipeline | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Romania and Moldova |
| General direction | West–east |
| From | Iași, Romania |
| Passes through | Romania and Moldova |
| To | Chișinău, Moldova |
| General information | |
| Type | Natural gas |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 150 km (93 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 1,850,000,000 cubic metres (6.5×10 cubic feet) per year |
The Iași–Chișinău pipeline, also the Iași–Ungheni–Chișinău pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline going from Iași in Romania to Chișinău in Moldova. The pipeline was opened in 2014 and connected Iași with the Moldovan town of Ungheni. It was extended to the capital Chișinău in 2019, with the compressor stations being put into operation in 2021. However, it was not used until the 2022–2023 Moldovan energy crisis.
The pipeline is 150 kilometres (93 miles) long and has a capacity of 5,076,000 cubic metres (179,300,000 cubic feet) of gas per day, or about 1,850,000,000 m (6.5×10 cu ft) per year. It cost Romania's Transgaz state-owned company about 150 million euros. It supplies gas from Romania to Moldova through a reverse flow of the Trans-Balkan pipeline.
In 2024, then Minister of Energy of Moldova, Victor Parlicov, stated that the pipeline was a lifeline for Moldova's energy security during the energy crisis in 2022, when Russia's Gazprom unilaterally reduced the volume of gas delivered to Moldova. The pipeline allowed Moldova to buy gas from the European market, which allowed it to overcome the crisis. As of late 2023, Moldova no longer imported gas from Russia.
References
- ^ "Румунія розпочала експорт газу до Молдови" (in Ukrainian). Radio Svoboda. 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Parlicov: Gazoductul Iași-Chișinău ne-a asigurat securitatea energetică". Știri.md (in Romanian). 13 September 2024.
- ^ Necșuțu, Mădălin (9 December 2021). "Deși e funcțional, gazoductul Iași – Chișinău pare să aibă mai degrabă un rol decorativ decât unul practic". Veridica (in Romanian).
- ^ Runde, Daniel FitzGerald; Kieff, Leah; Bryja, Thomas (9 September 2024). "Moldova's Gas Futures". Center for Strategic and International Studies.