In January, Romania imported 107,800 tons of oil equivalent (toe) of natural gas, which is 143.3% higher (+63,500 toe) compared to the same period last year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics.
Domestic natural gas production totalled, in the first month of this year, 662,000 toe, being only 0.1% above that of January 2023.
According to the estimates of the National Strategy and Forecasting Commission, natural gas production is estimated to rise at an average annual rate of 3.6%, in the period 2023-2026.
In the last Forecast of the energy balance, CNSP predicts for 2024 an increase in gas production by 2.3% (to 7.935 million toe), for 2025 by 2.7% (to 8.15 million toe) and 2026 by 3.8% (to 8.455 million toe).