Interconnector Croatia-Serbia

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Interconnector Croatia-Serbia is a proposed gas pipeline running from Croatia to Serbia.

Location

The pipeline runs from Slobodnica, Croatia through Sotin to Bačko Novo Selo then ultimately to Gospođinci, Serbia. The exact route appears on p.20 of the September 2017 report of the PECI/PMI Selection Meeting.

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Pipeline Details

Slobodnica-Sotin-Bačko Novo Selo:

• Operator:
• Owner: Plinacro, NIS
• Parent:
• Capacity: 7 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 182 km / 113.09 miles
  • Croatian section: 87 km
  • Serbian Section: 95 km
• Diameter: 800 mm / 31.5 inches
• Cost: €155.6 million (US$177.3 million)
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year: 2027
• Identifiers:
  • ENTSOG 2020 TYNDP: TRA-A-70
  • PECI code: Gas_10

Osijek-Vukovar segment:

• Operator: Plinacro
• Owner: Plinacro
• Parent: Plinacro
• Capacity:
• Length: 30 km
• Diameter: 500 mm
• Cost:
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year: 2027
• Identifiers:
  • ENTSOG 2020 TYNDP: TRA-A-70
  • PECI code: Gas_10

Vukovar–Negoslavci segment

• Operator: Plinacro
• Owner: Plinacro
• Parent: Plinacro
• Capacity: 75 gigawatt hours per day
• Length: 11 kilometers
• Diameter: 500 millimeters
• Status: Shelved
• Start year: 2028
• Cost:

Background

The project's code on the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) 2020 Ten Year Network Development Plan is TRA-A-70 (Interconnection Croatia/Serbia (Slobdnica-Sotin-Bačko Novo Selo).

ENTSOG's Ten-Year Network Development Plan for 2020 describes the project as integrating "Serbia with the new supply route receiving gas from Croatia gas transmission system which will enable it to be supplied from all other neighbouring markets (Hungary, Austria, Italy). This project is an interconnection of the gas systems of Croatia and Serbia on the route Slobodnica-Sotin Bačko Novo Selo and it is primarily intended for transport of LNG from the terminal on the island of Krk as well as from other possible routes and directions towards south-east Europe countries." A January 2020 report by the Energy Community Secretariat notes that environmental impact assessments conducted in 2014 for different sections of the pipeline have expired and will need to be renewed.

Energy Community, as of August 2021, refers to the project as "Gas_10" and states: 1) the Project Pre-feasibility Assessments are complete for both the Serbia and Croatia portions of the pipeline 2) the Feasibility Assessment, ESIA/EIA and Design Studies are 20 percent and 50 percent done for Serbia and Croatia 3) the FEED/Main Design reports are to be expected by 2025, 4) Construction in 2026-2028 in Serbia and 2023-2024 in Croatia, and 5) Commissioning by 2028 for the Serbia section and 2024 for the Croatian section.

The Vukovar-Negoslavci segment appears to have been first proposed in the 2015–2024 10-year gas development plan for Croatia, with a construction start year of 2022 and an operational year of 2023. However, it is not featured in ENTSOG's 2022 TYNDP, or on Plinacro's Network Development plan for 2021, and is presumed shelved.