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First investment objective inaugurated on BRUA route

Oil&Gas Materials 3 October 2019 14:43 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.3

By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:

The first investment objective along BRUA (Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria) route, i.e. the Gas Compressor Station Jupa was inaugurated, Trend reports citing Romania’s Transgaz company.

Transgaz inaugurated the Gas Compressor Station Jupa part of BRUA Phase I Project (Project of Common Interest of the European Union) which is developed in the context of the need to diversify gas sources in the EU countries.

The main scope of BRUA Project is to ensure access to new gas sources and to facilitate the transmission of Caspian gas to the Central and Eastern European markets. The project ensures bi-directional transmission capacities of 1.5 bcma in the Bulgaria direction and 4.4 bcma in the Hungary direction.

BRUA Phase I consists in the achievement of the following objectives: Podisor-Recas pipeline 32” x 63 bar, 479 km long and 3 gas compressor stations (CS Podisor, CS Bibesti and CS Jupa) each being equipped with two compressor units (one active and one redundant) with a possibility to ensure bidirectional gas flows.

The National Gas Transmission Company Transgaz SA Romania is the technical operator of the National Gas Transmission System (NTS) ensuring the meeting of the national strategic goals for domestic and international gas transmission in conditions of efficiency, transparency, safety, non-discriminatory access and competitiveness, as well as the research and design in its specific domain of activity, complaint with the European and national laws, the quality, performance, environmental protection and sustainable development standards.

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