Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia South Interconnection Gas Pipeline

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The Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia South Interconnection Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Location

The planned pipeline route runs from Split, Croatia through Zagvozd, Croatia to Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a 46-km spur to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The exact route can be seen on p.2 of BH-Gas's October 2019 presentation to the CESEC Gas Plenary Meeting.

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Project Details

• Operator: BH-GAS, Plinacro Ltd
• Owner: BH-GAS, Plinacro Ltd
• Parent Company: BH-GAS, Plinacro Ltd
• Proposed capacity: 1.5 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 184 km / 114 mi
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina part: 165 km / 102.5 miles
  • Croatian part: 22 km / 13.67 miles
• Diameter: 20 inches
• Status: Proposed
  • Formerly Shelved
• Start Year: 2024
• Cost: €100 million
  • Formerly €120.4 million (US$135 million)
• Finance:
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: €87 million loan
  • Western Balkans Investment Framework: €400,000 grant
• Identifiers:
  • ENTSOG 2020 TYNDP Code:
    • Croatia: TRA-A-302
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina: TRA-N-851
  • PECI code: Gas_03
  • EBIF: PRJ-MULTI-ENE-005

Background

The feasibility study for the Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia South Interconnection Gas Pipeline was completed by the Infrastructure Project Facility 2 in November 2013.

In July 2019 the project was approved by the Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. Mott MacDonald began design work in November 2019 and hopes to complete it by Q3 2020. The pipeline's route is partially redundant with the proposed Ionian Adriatic Gas Pipeline. The pipeline will provide an alternative gas source for Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is almost entirely dependent on Russia for gas.

The pipeline is also touted as being H2 ready, and will be able to carry a blend of hydrogen and natural gas through it.

In February 2020 Bosnia's gas firm BH-Gas selected a contractor to undertake a feasibility study and an environmental impact assessment for the proposed pipeline to Croatia. A consortium led by Croatia's Dvocut-Ecro was awarded a contract worth US$500,000 for this work, which is being covered by a grant from the United States Agency for International Development with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development overseeing how the grant is spent.

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas codes for the project are TRA-N-851 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and TRA-A-302 (Croatia).

According to Energy Community, as of August 12, 2021, the permitting process is 30 percent complete for the Bosnia and Herzegovina section and 80 percent complete for the Croatia section.

However, a report on Jul 7th, 2022 noted that the central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina "failed to reach a consensus that would allow it to negotiate with Croatia on a preliminary draft of a planned agreement to build the South Interconnection of BiH and Croatia."

In February 2023, Croatia announced that it would participate in the €100 million project, which would connect its gas network to Krk FSRU and the gas network of Bosnia and Herzegovina.