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Bosnia accuses Croatia of laying gas

pipe under river without consent

BOSNIA TOP Bosnian officials have accused Croatia of completely ignoring Bosnia and failing to gain
laying pipelines under the Sava river without the the consent of Bosnian institutions.
The pipes under the knowledge or consent of the Bosnian authorities. Member of the presidency of Bosnia & Her-
Sava connect the Brod Gas pipes about 400 meters long were report- zegovina, Zeljko Komsic, called the installation
refinery to the Croatian edly laid along the Sava riverbed as part of the of gas pipes across the Sava River — secretly and
gas system. gasification project for the oil refinery in Bosan- without the knowledge of Bosnian state institu-
ski Brod. tions — an act of aggression against Bosnia.
Croatian state television announced on Sefik Dzaferovic, another the member of
March 26 that the most important phase of gasi- the tripartite Bosnian presidency, stated that
fication of the refinery in Bosanski Brod, whose the installation of the pipes for gasification of
goal is to reduce air pollution in both Bosanski the refinery in Brod without the permission of
and Slavonski Brod, was finished during the Bosnia is contrary to international and Bos-
night. nian law.
The pipes under the Sava connect the Bosan- “If the pipes were placed across the border,
ski Brod refinery to the Croatian gas system via a it represents a violation of the territorial integrity
direct gas pipeline. Gas deliveries to the refinery of Bosnia & Herzegovina, and that is a very seri-
should start on June 1, reported Sarajevo Times. ous issue for the Border Police, [the State Inves-
However, this sparked an angry reaction tigation and Protection Agency] SIPA, and the
from Bosnian officials, who accused Croatia of Prosecutor’s Office,” Dzaferovic said. ™

PROJECTS & COMPANIES

Shell, Deltic set for “high

impact’ Pensacola well

UK ROYAL Dutch Shell and its junior partner Deltic cubic feet (8.75 bcm), which would make it one
Energy are moving ahead with plans to drill a of the “highest impact exploration targets to be
Shell farmed into well targeting the “high impact” Pensacola pros- drilled in the gas basin in recent years.”
Pensacola in 2019. pect in the UK’s southern North Sea. New interpretation of 3D seismic data has
Deltic, which recently changed its name from also bolstered the geological chances of success
Cluff Natural Resources, said it expected drilling of drilling from 20% to 55%, Deltic added.
to commence in May 2022. The well will be com- “Confirmation of this well investment deci-
pleted by a rig booked by Shell for a multi-well sion represents the achievement of another key
campaign, helping to keep costs down. milestone as we continue to execute our explora-
Shell farmed into the P2252 licence contain- tion-led strategy in the southern North Sea with
ing Pensacola in 2019, receiving a 70% oper- our world-class partner, Shell,” Deltic CEO Gra-
ating stake in exchange for covering 100% of ham Swindells said. “This rigorous re-evaluation
work programme costs up to a well investment of the Pensacola prospect has validated and rein-
decision being made. Shares in Deltic were up forced the fantastic work of our technical team
almost 12% in the early hours of March 29 after and their initial view that the Pensacola prospect,
the decision was announced. and the Zechstein play as a whole, represented a
Deltic views the prospect as a “vital step in significant missed opportunity in the Southern
evaluating the highly prospective Zechstein reef North Sea.”
play”, which can potentially “revitalise explora- Deltic said it would continue maturing the
tion in the south North Sea,” the company said. Selene prospect towards drilling. Shell also
It estimates Pensacola’s gross P50 gas at 309bn farmed into Selene in 2019 on the same terms. ™

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