Serbian government has reaffirmed that the project of a gas pipeline between Serbia and Romania, with direct access to the BRUA pipeline, is one of its priorities and should be built by 2026, minister of energy, Đedović Handanović said. She recently held a meeting with the Romanian counterpart, Sebastian Burduja.
The proposed pipeline would connect the towns of Mokrin in Serbia and Arad in Romania, according to local media.
The Serbian minister expects the memorandum of understanding with the Romanian side to be signed soon, but no further details were provided.
The potential length of the gas pipeline would be 100 km – 85.56 km on the territory of Romania and 12.8 km on the territory of Serbia.
The total estimated value of the investment was, in 2017, when the Ministry of Energy from Bucharest was talking about it, EUR 43 million: EUR 37 million for the pipeline on the territory of Romania, EUR 3 million for the pipeline on the territory of Serbia, and EUR 3 million for the gas measuring station, on the territory of Romania or Serbia.
