Moldova (excluding Transnistria) in 2023, compared to 2022, reduced the volume of gas purchases in physical terms by 21.3% - to 683.9 million cubic meters.
As follows from the data of the National Agency for Energy Regulation, at the same time, in value terms, the volume of gas purchases in January-December 2023, compared to the same period of the previous year, decreased by 24.7% - from 13 billion 232.7 million lei to 9 billion 968.6 million lei. Herewith, the average purchase price of gas in lei terms decreased over the year by 4.3% - from 15,223 lei per 1 thousand cubic meters in 2022 to 14,574 lei per 1 thousand cubic meters in 2023. According to NAER, in 2023, compared to 2022, the volume of gas supplies to the country's end consumers in physical terms decreased by 21.8% - to 662.17 cubic meters. Revenue from the supply of natural gas to end consumers in 2023 amounted to 13 billion 788.9 million lei, and the average price of natural gas supply in 2023 amounted to 20,824 lei per 1 thousand cubic meters. According to NAER, in particular, household consumers in 2023 received 286 million 986 thousand cubic meters of gas, and non-domestic - 375 million 185 thousand cubic meters. Meanwhile, energy sector enterprises in January-December 2023 used 214 million 539 thousand cubic meters of gas, industrial enterprises - 33 million 785 thousand cubic meters, budgetary institutions - 35 million 511 thousand cubic meters, and other consumers - 91 million 350 thousand cubic meters. According to NAER, in 2023 the state company Energocom imported 93.9% of the total volumes of required natural gas. This is followed by Transautogaz with a share of 2.5% of total imports, Natural Gaz DC - 2%, Rotalin Gaz Trading - 0.7%, National Power Corp - 0.4%, SD Energy Engeenering Grup - 0.3%, Moldovagaz - 0.2%. At the same time, the leader in terms of gas supplies to end consumers in 2023 was the Moldovagaz company with a share of 92.85% of the total volume, followed by: Transautogaz - 2.75%, Natural Gaz DC - 1.97%. The total market share of other natural gas suppliers was 2.43%. At the end of 2023, in Moldova there was 1 holder of a gas transportation license (On September 18, 2023, NAER revoked a similar license from Moldovatransgaz), 20 gas distribution license holders, 24 natural gas supply license holders, including 5 suppliers to whom an obligation to provide a public service was imposed. Herewith, 6 companies had licenses to sell compressed natural gas for vehicles at gas stations.// 22.04.2024 — InfoMarket.
