Construction of Ungheni-Chisinau gas transmission pipeline completed

13:30 | 27.08.2020 Category: Economic

Chisinau, 27 August /MOLDPRES/- The construction of the Ungheni-Chisinau gas pipeline has been completed.

According to the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, the pipeline, with a length of 120 km, will provide gas transportation in a volume of 1.5 billion cubic meters / year, and after the completion, in 2021, of investments in Romania in the construction of about 165 km of pipeline on Onești-Gherăești-Lețcani and two compression stations in Onești and Gherăești, its transport capacity will increase to 2.2 billion cubic meters / year. Thus, the pipeline will be able to provide about 75% of the average consumption of the Republic of Moldova (including the Transnistrian region) or about 60% of the average consumption of the country during the cold period of the year (including the Transnistrian region).

The construction works of the Ungheni-Chisinau gas pipeline started on February 18, 2019, and the estimated value of the project is about 80 million euros.

The purpose of the construction of the Ungheni-Chisinau gas pipeline is to increase the country's energy security by diversifying the sources and directions of gas supply of the Republic of Moldova.

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