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01.04.2014 11:05
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico inaugurated an important phase of the first Central-European north-south gas corridor, the Hungarian-Slovak gas interconnector, which connects the two countries’ gas networks. According to information published by the press office of the Hungarian government, the interconnector will allow for reversed flow so that Hungary could have gas supply from countries other than Russia.
“From the point of view of Hungary's energy supply, the Hungarian-Slovak gas interconnector is of historic significance. Whatever happens to the east of us, gas will arrive in Hungary in any event," said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during the opening ceremony on March 27 in Szada, 28 km northeast of Budapest.
According to the Slovakian Prime Minister, the interconnector will increase energy security significantly. A test run of the interconnector will begin on 1 July this year, while the pipeline would operate fully from 1 January 2015. The interconnector is a 111km long pipeline – 92 km of it between Vecsés and Balassagyarmat on Hungarian territory, 19 km in Slovakia -- and can be switched to work in both directions. It will have an annual capacity of about 5 billion cubic metres a year.
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