Turkey's BOTAS to begin supplying Moldova with natural gas from October (updated)

OMV Petrom SA

28/09/2023 16:52

(Updates sourcing, adds detail)
       ANKARA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Turkey's state gas grid
operator BOTAS said on Thursday it had signed a deal to supply
Moldova with 2 million cubic metres of natural gas per day from
October, in the second such agreement announced by the operator
in as many days.
    Turkey, which has meagre gas sources of its own but hosts an
extensive liquefied gas import infrastructure, aims to be an
alternate supplier to smaller gas markets in southeastern
Europe.
    In a statement, BOTAS said it had signed the gas export deal
with the firm East Gas Energy Trading, which it said operated in
Moldova and other parts of Europe, but did not give the duration
of the deal.
    "As part of the goal to make our country a natural gas trade
hub, BOTAS - which continues talks with many countries and firms
on energy exports - added another European country to the list
of countries it carries out gas exports to," it said.
    On Wednesday, BOTAS said it signed a deal to export up to
1.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas to Romania's OMW Petrom
 ROSNP.BX  in a deal that runs until the first quarter of 2025.
    Turkey also signed supply deals with Bulgaria and Hungary
this year.

 (Reporting by Can Sezer and Tuvan Gumrukcu;
Editing by Daren Butler, Kirsten Donovan)
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