Gas transmission system operator Plinacro announced that the Zlobin–Bosiljevo gas pipeline, an investment project totalling 155 million euros, is scheduled to come into operation next year.
The port of Rijeka is currently unloading the pipes for the pipeline, which is under construction by a consortium led by civil engineering company Monter-Strojarske Montaze, Plinacro said in a press release.
The financing for the construction of the 58-kilometre pipeline has been secured by the Croatian government.
The pipeline will help Croatia reduce reliance on Russian gas and enable Plinacro to maximise the transmission of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the terminal on the island of Krk to its full current capacity of about 3.5 billion cubic metres per year. In addition, the pipeline will increase gas transit towards Hungary and Slovenia.
