PRESS RELEASE
TRANSGAZ AND BULGARTRANSGAZ MADE ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEPT FORWARD IN THE COMPLETION OF THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE NEIGHBOURING ROMANIAN AND BULGARIAN GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
On 30 May 2016, Transgaz and Bulgartransgaz signed the contract with the Association INSPET SA – leader – SC HABAU PPS Pipeline Systems SRL – appointed as Contractor of the works for the construction of the DN 500 Back-up Danube Crossing (including the Danube Undercrossing) Pipeline to interconnect the gas transmission systems of Romania and Bulgaria, as a result of the public procurement procedure conducted in compliance with the Romanian applicable laws.
The ceremony for the conclusion of the trilateral contract took place at Transgaz’ Representative office in Bucharest and was attended by the representatives of the two gas transmission systems operators of Romania and Bulgaria as well as by the representatives of the Association INSPET-HABAU.
The Back-up Danube Undercrossing Pipeline to interconnect the gas transmission systems of Bulgaria and Romania will be completed by the end of 2016 and will have a maximum bidirectional capacity of 1.5 bcma.
The completion of the interconnection project Bulgaria-Romania is utterly important in terms of the security of gas supply to the region, allowing for the integration of the Southern Corridor gas sources into the Central and Western European markets.
Corporate Communication Department