Moldovagaz

Moldovagaz SA (Rum. Moldovagaz SA) is a Moldovan-Russian energy company engaged in natural gas and liquefied gas transportation, construction of gas supply networks and installation of gas equipment, as well as gasification and maintenance of gas facilities in the Republic of Moldova. It was created as a single subject of administrative, economic and organizational regulation of the gas market of the Republic of Moldova to strengthen the production and economic ties between the gas enterprises and ensure effective interaction between the shareholders. Moldovagaz JSC supplies natural gas to over 600,000 consumers in the country (including 20,000 economic entities.

At the end of 2013 the main shareholders of "Moldovagaz" SA were: "Gazprom" Russia - 50% of shares (over 6.6 mln shares), Agency of State Property under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova - 35.33% (4.7 mln shares), State Committee for Property Management of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic - 13.44% (1.79 mln shares), other shareholders hold less than 5%.

At the end of 2013, Moldovagaz SA's debt to Gazprom was $5.2 billion, and about $4.7 billion (90%) was owed by Transnistria.

Invoice form with consumption graphs and prices

History

The organization of gas facilities in the Moldavian SSR began as early as 1947, when the first 20 gas-cylinder plants were assembled, and a year later the Kishinev Mechanical Plant mastered the production of gas stoves, reducers and gas cylinders. In 1963 the first group reservoir unit for liquefied gas was put into operation and three years later the supply of natural gas to the republic through gas networks began. At the same time, the construction of high and low pressure gas pipelines began, as well as the gasification of settlements. In 1966 the Odessa-Chisinau main gas pipeline was also put into operation, and in 1967 the gas distribution station "Chisinau" (GDS-1) started operation.

In 1984, the construction of the Chisinau-Ribnita gas pipeline was completed. In 1991, after Moldova's independence and sovereignty were recognized, the government of the new republic approved the State Gasification Program until 2005 and created the State Gasification Department. Thus, the process of restructuring the gas industry of Moldova was initiated. In 1994, the State Concern "Moldova-Gas" SA under the Department of Energy, Energy Resources and Fuel was established de jure, which included 51 gas enterprises; four years later the law "On Natural Gas," which laid the foundation for legal regulation of the gas sector, was adopted.

In 1999 the "Moldovagaz" joint-stock company was formed in its present form following the merger of the State Concern "Moldova-Gaz" SA and the Moldovan-Russian JSC "Gazsnabtransit". It included 23 limited liability companies. In 2002 a new National gasification program of the Republic of Moldova was adopted, and a year later the gas metering station (GMS) "Causeni" was put into operation. In 2004, 35 branches of 23 existing gas enterprises were formed. Within the framework of the gasification program two main gas pipelines Tokuz-Cainar-Mereni (2007) and Balti-Ungheni (2009) were commissioned, the Chisinau gas distribution station was overhauled, the Teleneşti gas distribution station was built and an overhaul with reconstruction and modernization of the Razdelnaia-Izmail main gas pipeline was started (all - 2010)

Pipeline "Ȁssȳ - Ungenȳ"

As part of the Inogate program "Moldovagaz" SA employees participate in the project "Harmonization of technical standards and practices in the oil and gas sector in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus". In 2010 they studied 26 European standards that regulate technological processes in the gas sector, and after comparing them with the standards in force in Moldova the relevant conclusions were drawn up. In 2017, the process of reforming the services provided to consumers on the basis of a progressive approach was initiated