November 5 (SeeNews) - Romania's energy output fell by 6.9% on the year in the first nine months of 2009, while imports decreased by 35.1%, the National Statistics Institute (INS) said on Thursday.
Romania's energy production totalled 17.159 million tonnes of oil equivalent (TOE), while imports reached 8.202 million TOE through September, 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.
Romania's energy output and imports in January-September 2009, breakdown by type of resource (in millions of TOE, y/y pct change in brackets):
|
|
Domestic Output |
Imports |
| Total |
17.159 (-6.9) |
8.202 (-35.1) |
| - coal |
4.321 (-14.3) |
0.453 (-72.1) |
| - oil |
3.126 (-6.0) |
5.312 (-15.4) |
| - natural gas |
6.524 (-5.4) |
1.219 (-62.1) |
| - hydro and nuclear power |
3188 (+0.6) |
0.043 (-24.1) |
| - imported oil products |
- |
0.973 (-1.6) |
Romania's electricity output and imports totalled a combined 42.846 billion kilowatthours (KWh) through September, down by 12.5%. The country's electricity output dropped by 12.3% as well.
Romania’s electricity exports in the nine-month period fell by 37.4% on an annual basis, or by a net 1.469 million KWh.