Romania’s gas imports increased by 72%

Natural gas imports increased in January by 71.8% (91,700toe), compared with the similar period in 2012, Romania using from foreign sources an amount of natural gas of 219,400 toe, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics. In the first month of this year, domestic gas production totaled 756,600toe, by 12,500toe (1.6%) lower than in the similar period of 2012. Romania’s proven gas reserves amounted, in late 2011, to 100bcm, down by 500bcm against 2010, when they were estimated at 600bcm and accounted for 0.1% of the world reserves, compared with 0.3% in the previous year. The world natural gas reserves were estimated by BP at 208,400bcm.