Romania opened the compression station "Podisor"

Romania opened the compression station „Podisor“, which is part of the gas pipeline, connecting Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria.

At the ceremony in Podisor, Giurgiu district, were the president Klaus Iohannis, other senior representatives of the Romanian state, EU representatives, ambassadors, diplomats, energy experts.

Via the gas pipeline, Romania will be able to exploit its huge potential of natural gas reserves in the Black sea.

The end of the project's first phase is planned for April of 2020. That way, there will be a two-way transit of gas towards Bulgaria via the Giurgiu-Ruse interconnector with an annual capacity of 1 billion and 500 million m³.