





Romania oilman wants natural gas privatization. EU puts pressure for fair gas price
"Romania could be a storage room for the Central and Eastern Europe, already having a storage capacity of 20 billion cubic meters. He who holds the faucet, holds the control of this gas, but political fights brought us near to losing this edge. The privatization of the 200 licenses held by Romgaz would make us a deposit for the region. Still, it is a political decision and I don't thing anyone will take it until the elections. Afterwards, I am certain it will happen", said Patriciu.
On the other hand, at the beginning of the week, Romanian Commissioner for multilingualism, Leonard Orban, warned that Romania is monitored for the natural gas price: "The European Commission doesn't demand an aligning to the EU price, because each state has its own price, but may open infringement procedures in case the gas price in Romania is lower than the production cost", said Orban, quoted by NewsIn.