The three companies involved in the Giurgiu-Ruse pipeline project managed to have the main pipeline undercrosss the Danube, Transgaz announced yesterday.

This means that the gas transport systems of Romania and Bulgaria are now interconnected.

Romanian gas transport company Transgaz, local firm Inspet Ploiesti, and the Austrian constructor Habau have worked on the project.

The Giurgiu-Ruse pipeline is part of a larger project called BRUA which aims to connect the gas transport systems of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Austria. The project will allow the transport of gas from the Black Sea to Austria.

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