Croatian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Davor Filipovic said that JANAF could significantly increase oil transport capacity to Hungary without additional investments and that Croatia would work to become an important factor in Europe’s energy sector.
Minister Filipovic said that JANAF’s current capacities can be increased without any investments, when it comes to transporting oil to Hungary, and that is significant, and with certain investments, they can also double. He added that this is the direction in which Croatia will go, i.e. use the current situation in order to position itself as much as possible in terms of energy supply in Europe.
He also said that JANAF, according to its current capacity, can transport 11.4 million tons of oil a year to Hungary, and now only 2 million are transported to that country. Filipovic emphasized that it is clear that without any investments, the transport of oil to Hungary can be significantly increased.
In this situation, Croatia is the best solution for Hungary, depending on the outcome of the proposed sanctions, as well as for other EU countries. According to JANAF’s data, the projected capacity of the pipeline is 34 million tons of oil per year, and the installed 20 million. The system was built for the needs of refineries in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (24 million tons), as well as users in Hungary and the Czech Republic and Slovakia (10 million tons).
