HUNGARY AND ROMANIA AGREE CROSS-BORDER GAS LINK
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE HUNGARIAN and Romanian governments have agreed to connect their gas distribution systems, a move hailed by the European Commission as being important for eastern Europe security of energy supplies. Brussels is particularly happy the network operators of the two countries (Hungary's FGSZ Ltd and Romania's Transgaz will build the pipeline link, without any third country assistance, (such as Russia). It will follow a route between Romania's Arad and Hungary's Szeged, with gas initially flowing from Hungary to Romania only. European Union (EU) ...
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