PGNiG Group to supply one million cubic meters of gas to Moldova

PGNiG Supply&Trading won a tender for natural gas supplies to Republic of Moldova, reported by the press service of the company. This will be the first ever gas supply to that country from a non-Russian source.

PGNiG Supply & Trading (PST) will deliver one million cubic meters of natural gas to Moldova on Tuesday, October 26. This is the result of a tender for a single supply of gas fuel announced by state-owned Energocom. The tender was organized on an urgent basis due to reduction in gas supplies to Moldova by Gazprom. The gas will be delivered through an entry point on the Moldovan-Ukrainian border.

“The PGNiG Group is deeply committed to the principle of energy solidarity, which we perceive as a prerequisite for the proper functioning of the gas market in the European Union and the neighbouring countries. Guided by this principle we decided to participate in the tender whose aim was to urgently supply gas to Moldova which experienced problems with deliveries from Russia,” said Paweł Majewski, President of the Management Board of PGNiG SA.

As a result of reduced gas supplies, the Moldovan government declared a state of emergency on October 22. According to the Moldovan authorities, the volume of gas transmitted to the country was not only insufficient to cover the demand, but also carried the risk of serious disruptions to the operation of the transmission system due to insufficient pressure in the gas pipelines.