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EU approves preparation of documentation for new Bosnia-Croatia gas pipeline

EU approves preparation of documentation for new Bosnia-Croatia gas pipeline


Zagreb, July 19 - Neftegaz.RU.
According to Total Croatia news, Bosnia and Herzegovina's gas supplier BH Gas said it had received permission from the EU to launch a project that would connect the country's gas grid to that of Croatia.

The Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations approved the preparation of a project to build the South Interconnection BH-Croatia, the company said.

The new gas pipeline would run from Zagvozd in southern Croatia to Posušje and on to central Bosnia and Mostar. BH Gas said it hoped the new supply route, which would be independent of Russia, would be operational by 2023.

The main financier of the project is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which will provide a favourable loan arrangement.

The EU will for now support the project with 1 million euro in grants. The job of preparation of initial documentation has been awarded to the Mott MacDonald consortium through the CONNECTA project.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently completely dependent on Russian gas, which is supplied via Hungary and Serbia. The new pipeline via Zagvozd should ensure it access to the EU market and the future LNG terminal on the northern Croatian Adriatic island of Krk.

Croatia is expected to build a 60-km long pipeline from Split to Zagvozd as part of the project, whereas the whole route from Zagvozd to Travnik is 114 km with an additional 46 km of a branch pipeline to Mostar.

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