PULA, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic on Saturday should have visited an oil platform in the "Ivana" field, about 20 nautical miles off Pula, but he had to cancel the visit owing to a strong wind and heavy seas. On
Saturday morning Mesic and his entourage left the port of Pula aboard a 'Reful' ship, but decided to come back after passing some ten miles off the shore when they, feeling seasick, concluded that the ship could not reach the platform owing to bad weather. Therefore, the presentation of a joint project of Croatia's company INA and Italian's Eni about the exploitation of natural gas from the field in the northern Adriatic will be held in the "Histria" hotel in Pula, instead on the platform, later in the day. Before his departure from Pula this morning, Mesic described this projects as very important for the Croatian economy. This platform is very important for us as we can
PULA, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic on Saturday
should have visited an oil platform in the "Ivana" field, about 20
nautical miles off Pula, but he had to cancel the visit owing to a
strong wind and heavy seas.
On Saturday morning Mesic and his entourage left the port of Pula
aboard a 'Reful' ship, but decided to come back after passing some
ten miles off the shore when they, feeling seasick, concluded that
the ship could not reach the platform owing to bad weather.
Therefore, the presentation of a joint project of Croatia's company
INA and Italian's Eni about the exploitation of natural gas from the
field in the northern Adriatic will be held in the "Histria" hotel
in Pula, instead on the platform, later in the day.
Before his departure from Pula this morning, Mesic described this
projects as very important for the Croatian economy.
This platform is very important for us as we can exploit our own gas
resources and cooperate with others, Mesic said.
The project is being carried out together by INA (Croatian Oil
Industry) and Eni through their joint firm INAgip.
(hina) sb ms