This was discussed at the meeting of Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu and Energy Minister Dorin Jungietu with the president of the Romanian Commodity Exchange Gabriel Purice, who was on a visit to Chisinau.
Alexandru Munteanu congratulated the BRM representatives on the results achieved in Moldova and their contribution to the liberalization of the gas market and strengthening the country’s energy security.
In just three years since the launch of BRM EST, a Moldovan subsidiary of the Romanian Commodity Exchange, transactions worth over 650 million euros in natural gas, fuels, metals and construction materials have been registered, while revenues to the state budget in the form of taxes, VAT and duties are estimated at 52 million euros.
Energy Minister Dorin Junghietu expressed interest in the intention of the Romanian Gas Regulatory Agency to develop and operate a platform for balancing the natural gas transportation system. According to the Agency, this will allow Moldova to comply with the best regional practices in the field of balancing gas transportation networks and the use of market benchmarks (TTF and regional benchmarks), which is considered useful for transparency and correct pricing.
Options for extending BRM activities to other activities were also considered, which may create prerequisites for the use of standardized auction platforms outside the energy sector.
It should be recalled that BRM EST was appointed as the operator of the wholesale natural gas market by the National Energy Regulatory Agency for a period of 10 years. As a result, more than 35 participants were registered on various segments of the BRM market, and the volume of natural gas traded in the period 2024-2025 exceeded 130 million m³.
