OMV Petrom sold 180,200 megawatt-hours of natural gas, more than half the amount it plans to sell by the end of July, of 318,000 MWh. The average price was RON85.33 a MWh.
The gas will be delivered during the August 1 – September 1 period, the exchange said.
As per a decision of the Romanian energy watchdog ANRE, at least 20% of the natural gas aimed for trading in competitive markets must be sold on a local centralized market, namely the Commodities Exchange or the OPCOM power exchange. (EUR1=RON4.4)