Hungary expects to begin purchasing gas from the Romanian Black Sea shelf by the fall of 2027 to replace some of the Russian fuel supply. Energy Minister Estevan Capitani named the Neptune Deep field, the largest project of its kind on the Romanian shelf, as one of the future sources. The start of production there is expected in 2027, so the Hungarian plan is directly dependent on the timing of the field's activation.

Hungary expects to begin purchasing gas from the Romanian Black Sea shelf by the fall of 2027 to replace some of the Russian fuel supply. Energy Minister Estevan Capitani named the Neptune Deep field, the largest project of its kind on the Romanian shelf, as one of the future sources. The start of production there is expected in 2027, so the Hungarian plan is directly dependent on the timing of the field's activation.

The search for alternatives is related to the future EU ban on long-term imports of Russian LNG and pipeline gas. For Budapest, this means the need to build new channels to obtain fuel in advance, without waiting for the bans to come into force.

However, the declared threshold is still not equal to the supply that has begun: gas from Neptune Deep has not yet been produced, and purchases are planned only for the fall of 2027. Hungary is therefore betting on a regional source in the Black Sea, hoping to synchronize its launch with changes in European gas import rules.

Ξeconomy.