epa07962889 Gas pipes and associated specific gear are pictured prior to the inauguration ceremony of the Podisor gas compression facility, part of the BRUA pipeline project, near Podisor village, 50 Km south-west from Bucharest, Romania, 31 October 2019. The Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria (BRUA) pipeline project, formally conceived in 2016 and partially sponsored by the European Union, is projected to deliver 4.4 billion cubic meters per year to the prominent regional hub located in Baumgarten, Austria, in 2022. The Romanian pipe sector will have 479 Km when it will be finished, and three compression facilities, the project being developed by Transgaz, the technical operator of the national natural gas transmission system in Romania. The first phase of the pipeline is expected to be operational by the end of 2019 and the second phase by 2022. EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT