
The purchase price of natural gas for Moldova supplied by Gazprom in November may reach $800 per 1,000 cubic meters.
Andrei Spinu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development said in an interview to Moldovan media that no final calculations have been made so far and that it was an approximate figure calculated according to a special formula, taking into account the available data. Andrei Spinu said that Energocom currently buys gas through tenders for the reserve at a price of about $995-996 per thousand cubic meters, while the price of gas purchases from Gazprom in October will be about $1073.73 per thousand cubic meters. "If Gazprom stops supplying gas to Moldova and we go on buying it from alternative suppliers at the present price ($995-996) per thousand cubic meters, this will not affect the tariff for final consumers," Deputy Prime Minister said. The current gas tariff for final consumers includes an average annual purchase price of $926.94 per 1 thousand cubic meters. According to Moldovagaz, the average purchase price of gas in January 2022 was $677.5 per 1 thousand cubic meters, in February - $573.99, in March - $556.47, in April - $1194.81, in May - $919.49, in June - $873.1, in July - $1006.11, in August - $1458.92, in September - $1882.78, in October - $1073.73. // 24.10.2022 - InfoMarket.