Which parts of the economy are growing and which are shrinking, month by month, and how big each one is. Every chart names its source and period.
Mazarine Energy B.V. is to buy Black Sea Oil & Gas S.A. and BSOG Holding Activity S.A., Romania's largest offshore gas producer. BSOG stays operator of the Midia Gas Development project, which has supplied about 12% of domestic gas demand since June 2022. The price is not disclosed; completion needs customary regulatory approvals.
The court-appointed liquidator of the insolvent Mangalia shipyard, formerly a joint venture with Damen, confirmed its sale to Rheinmetall for €138 million on 9 October. Rheinmetall won a contract of about €920 million in May, under the EU SAFE programme, to build four vessels for the Romanian Navy.
The turnkey contract, signed in August and made public on 24 September, covers two 400/110 kV substations and two underground 400 kV lines connecting a large photovoltaic plant in the Chișineu-Criș–Nădab area to the national grid.
US Ballistic, an American company, signed a contract on 15 September in Târgu Jiu with Uzina Mecanică Sadu, a state-owned plant, to produce NATO-standard 155 mm artillery ammunition there, interim Defence Minister Radu Miruță announced. The company is to invest $25 million over five years, including in warehouses, roads and utility networks that remain the property of UM Sadu, and to hire about 150 people in the first two years. According to the minister, UM Sadu will also receive about €20 million in rent over ten years.
Nofar Energy, an Israeli developer, said on 15 September that it had signed an agreement with an international supplier for battery storage systems totalling 1.09 GWh at two solar projects it is building in Romania, for about €103 million. Valter Mărăcineanu (178 MW of solar) gets 650 MWh of storage for about €57 million, and Corbii Mari (282 MW) gets 440 MWh for about €46 million. Equipment deliveries are due to start in 2027, and both solar projects are due to be completed in the third quarter of 2027.
Uzina Mecanică Cugir, a state-owned arms maker, signed a €54 million contract on 11 September for special equipment to produce NATO-standard 12.7 x 99 mm ammunition components. Three bids were received, one from Belgium and two from Turkey; the winner was not named. The contract is part of a modernisation programme the company values at 552.9 million lei, funded by state support and its own money. The programme also covers 5.56 x 45 mm ammunition capacity, due in November 2026, and a hall upgrade due in December 2026.
The 64 MW, 434.76 MWh system, to be built by Synergy Construct, will be the largest storage capacity in the company's portfolio. 43.4 million lei of the cost comes from the Modernisation Fund.
OMV Petrom said on 10 September that it had invested about €115 million in the electrical infrastructure of its Petrobrazi refinery: a high-voltage line connected directly to a Transelectrica substation, a new electrical substation and a power-distribution substation. The company says the network supports current refining and the capacity it is developing for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), HVO and green hydrogen.
Month by month. Industry, construction and retail are measured in volume, with price changes taken out, and compared with the same month a year earlier, adjusted for the number of working days. They are the earliest signs of where GDP is heading.
What the economy is made of. Gross value added splits what the economy produces by who produces it. Industry includes energy and mining as well as manufacturing; manufacturing is shown on its own because it is what most people mean by industry, and what exports depend on.
Volatility. Construction jumps from month to month with large projects, and one big plant can move industry. Read the trend over several months, not a single reading.