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The government of Croatia has prepared legislation, now before the national parliament, to regulate hydrocarbon exploration. Establishment of a new hydrocarbons mining agency is one of its key features. A bill on hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation was forwarded to the parliament at the...
Croatia has opened discussions with parties interested in oil and gas exploration projects in the Croatian section of the Adriatic Sea. Speaking to Bloomberg, Croatian Economy Minister Ivan Vrdoljak said that Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and General Electric were awaiting passage a new law on hydrocarbons...
Introduction One of Croatia's obligations as part of its accession to the European Union on July 1 2013 is the incorporation of the EU Third Energy Package. To this end, on November 19 2012 Parliament passed the Energy Act (Official Gazette 120/12). In accordance with the transposition provisions of...
Austrian international energy company OMV has sold its subsidiary retailer in Croatia. OMV Hrvatska is being sold to Crodux, a member of the Croatian Crodux Plin group. Hrvatska is a 100%-owned subsidiary of OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH, and the sale marks OMV's exit from the marketing...
A top delegation from Russian gas giant Gazprom travelled to Croatian capital Zagreb to discuss, among other things, a possible resumption of Russian supplies for the former Yugoslav republic. Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller led the delegation, the company's website reported. The meetings discussed...
Hungarian oil and gas company MOL denied any wrongdoing after former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was jailed for 10 years for taking bribes from the integrated energy group and an Austrian bank. "This is an initial, preliminary ruling; we have many times rejected categorically the accusations...
Mining Act BillThe exploration and exploitation of oil and gas in Croatia, performed in accordance with the legal framework in force, has faced several difficulties. The current Mining Act (Official Gazette 75/09, 49/11) regulates the exploration and exploitation of all mineral reserves, including...
Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic has said that Croatian is still interested in joining the South Stream project should the South Stream consortium choose to route the pipeline through the country. At a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York yesterday, the two foreign ministers...
Polish and Croatian gas transmission operators Gaz-System and Plinacro will set up a gas market to serve Central and Eastern Europe, following an agreement between the two yesterday. The cooperation agreement will see the pair work together to develop gas transit in a number of areas, specifically the...
Gazprom has entered into talks with Croatian pipeline operator Plinacro to route the South Stream pipeline through Croatia, Plinacro spokespersons have confirmed. In a phone interview with Reuters news agency today, a spokeswoman for Plinacro said that Gazprom is currently considering Croatia as an...
