November 6 (SeeNews) - Romania's energy output through September fell by an annual 2.2% to 17.660 million tonnes of oil equivalent (TOE), the National Statistics Institute (INS) said on Tuesday.
Energy imports fell by an annual 2.9% in the period to 12.587 million TOE, INS said in a statement.
A TOE is the rounded-off amount of energy that would be produced by burning one metric tonne of crude oil.
Details follow (percentage change, year-on-year):
|
|
9-mo Output |
9-mo Imports |
Total |
| Coal |
+3.5 |
+40.6 |
+13.0 |
| Oil |
+2.8 |
-7.9 |
-4.1 |
| Natural Gas |
-5.5 |
-18.8 |
-9.9 |
| Hydro and Nuclear Power |
-10.8 |
+29.2 |
-9.6 |
| Imported Oil Products |
n/a |
-0.8 |
-0.8 |
Energy breakdown by sources (million tonnes of oil equivalent):
|
|
9-mo'07 |
| Coal |
7.19 |
| Oil |
9.70 |
| Natural Gas |
10.06 |
| Hydro and Nuclear Power |
2.16 |
| Imported Oil Products |
0.76 |
Electricity generated in Romania and imports totalled 45.01 billion KWh in the period, down by 3.2% on the year, as domestic power production fell by 3.8%.
Exports of electricity in the first nine months of 2007 fell by 41.2% year-on-year, or by a net 1.62 billion KWh.