BUCHAREST, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Romania has enough of
its own natural gas stocks and production to manage despite the cut-off of its
Russian gas supplies, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday.
Boc made the statement after discussing the natural
gas crisis with President Traian Basescu. He said that they agreed that Romania
has to look for alternative energy resources so as to avoid similar problems in
the future.
Romania fell victim to the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute
and was deprived of nearly 7 million cubic meters a day after Russia cut off all
gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine, Boc said.
Boc said that with current stocks, Romania is capable
of supplying enough gas for heating in the winter as long as there is no extreme
weather.
Romania's daily gas consumption is estimated at 58.9
million cubic meters, of which 33 million cubic meters come from domestic
production, Boc said.
Romania's underground natural gas reserve totals 2
billion cubic meters, which made Romania relatively less reliant on Russia's
gas. Despite pressure created by the cut-off, Romania's gas stocks can last for
three months, he said.
Romania declared a state of emergency Wednesday after
the gas cut-off.
Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through
Ukraine on Wednesday. As of Wednesday, nations without Russian gas included
Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey.