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The group is an integral part of the MOL Group.
Croatia is also working on expansion of the capacity of its LNG terminal in Omisalj on the island of Krk to 6.1bn cubic metres per year. The floating LNG terminal on the Krk island started operating in January 2021. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine Croatia decided to significantly increase its gas storage capacity.
In November, Croatia's gas transmission system operator Plinacro launched the construction of the Zlobin-Bosiljevo pipeline, estimated to cost €155mn. The project should help Croatia to improve the security of domestic supply and increase gas transit towards Hungary and Slovenia.
The future 58 km long pipeline in northern Croatia will allow Plinacro to increase the transmission of LNG from the terminal on the island of Krk up to its full capacity of 3.5 bcm per year, the company said in a press release.
The project will be financed by the Croatian government and the construction works will be carried out by a local consortium led by engineering company Monter-Strojarske Montaze.
The Zlobin-Bosiljevo gas pipeline’s construction should be completed in 2025.
Croatia has moved forward with a plan to build a radioactive waste storage facility near the border with Bosnia and hopes to complete the project by 2026.
Plans for the nuclear facility at the former army barracks in Trgovska Gora, less than 1 km from the River Una, have caused tensions for years. Critics of the plan claim the disposal of nuclear waste there would endanger the river and the lives of the 250,000 people living in the area.
Croatia hopes to start the construction of the storage facility in 2025, while in 2024 it should do preparatory works. According to the energy ministry, on-site examinations and measurements carried out so far did not indicate a possible negative outcome of the environmental impact study.
Despite that, officials in Bosnia urged the EU to block Croatia’s plan to build the facility, but so far there were no reactions from Brussels.
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