PULA, May 8 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan and his associates on Tuesday visited the gas platform 'Ivana' in the northern Adriatic Sea at the end of construction works on a facility which will secure maximum daily
production of 1.9 million cubic metres of natural gas. The gas field is located some 20 nautical miles off the northern Adriatic port of Pula and it is the biggest gas field in the "North Adriatic" project, which is being carried out by the Croatian oil company Ina and Italy's Eni. The two companies have also been conducting preparations for the exploitation of other recently discovered fields. The total available reserves in this gas field have been estimated at 7.9 billion cubic metres, which is much more than was estimated at the beginning of this project. A total of 187 million US dollars have been invested in the project. The project is important because it opens the possibility of building a gas
PULA, May 8 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan and his
associates on Tuesday visited the gas platform 'Ivana' in the
northern Adriatic Sea at the end of construction works on a facility
which will secure maximum daily production of 1.9 million cubic
metres of natural gas.
The gas field is located some 20 nautical miles off the northern
Adriatic port of Pula and it is the biggest gas field in the "North
Adriatic" project, which is being carried out by the Croatian oil
company Ina and Italy's Eni. The two companies have also been
conducting preparations for the exploitation of other recently
discovered fields.
The total available reserves in this gas field have been estimated
at 7.9 billion cubic metres, which is much more than was estimated
at the beginning of this project. A total of 187 million US dollars
have been invested in the project.
The project is important because it opens the possibility of
building a gas pipeline to the Croatian coast, Racan said. Gas from
this platform currently travels to the northern Croatia from Italy
via Slovenia by land. Describing the cooperation with the Italian
partner as good, Racan said Croatia's development strategy could
not rely solely on Russian gas.
According to an agreement between Ina and Agip, each company has the
right to one half of the amount of gas produced by the platform.
Since there is still no gas pipeline linking the platforms and the
Croatian coast, Ina is transporting its share via Agip and Eni
systems and via Slovenia.
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