Natural gas imports fell to 9% of total gas consumption in the first half, from 17% of total a year-earlier, said Mariana Gheorge, chief executive of OMV Petrom.
Speaking at a press conference, Gheorghe said Petrom’s gas sales volumes declined 11% on the year in the January-June period, mainly due to lower gas extraction from storage.
Petrom’s net electricity production fell 34% to 0.64 terawatt-hours of electricity in the first half, reflecting a 34.7% output decline at its Brazi gas-powered plant. Wind power output was also lower on the year, Petrom said.
“With 98% availability, the Dorobantu wind park’s net electrical output was 0.04 TWh (versus 0.06 TWh a year-ago), for which OMV Petrom received some 70,000 green certificates, half of which will become eligible for sale after January 1, 2018,” according to the company’s financial report.
Petrom reported a net profit of 1.38 billion lei (EUR312 million) in the January-June period, down 42% from RON2.4 million reported a year earlier. (EUR1=RON4.4415)