EU PUSHES AHEAD WITH DEVELOPING EASTERN EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL GAS PIPELINE LINKS
September 1st, 2016
MILLIONS of Euros have been released by the European Union (EU) to fund projects deepening the international gas pipeline network in eastern Europe, a key element of EU plans for forge an ‘energy union’.
One major project is a EUR179 million plan to create the Bulgaria–Romania–Hungary–Austria (BRUA) system of gas lines. This money has been approved as part of the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility.
It would enable reverse gas flows between the four countries of 1.75 bcm/year (in the first phase) and 4.4 bcm/year in the second phase, including new ...
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