Romania prepares for next winter owing to Azerbaijani gas

Romania will be better prepared for next winter thanks to the natural gas it will import from Azerbaijan, said Virgil Popescu, the Romanian minister of energy, Report informs, citing Romanian media.

This year, Romania recorded 1,866,300,000 cubic meters of natural gas in storage, which is more by almost 780 million from last year's number. Along with SOCAR, Romania is ready to import an additional volume of 300 million cubic meters of gas.

"The cold season is coming to an end and we expect to come out of the winter with gas still in storage. And for next winter, we will have 1 billion cubic meters of gas from the Republic of Azerbaijan at our disposal, according to the contract signed these days with Socar. We will be well prepared for the next winter as well, as we were well prepared for this one as well", Popescu added.