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Croatia: to four companies hydrocarbon exploration permits

Up to 25 exploitation wells in two phases

31 August, 11:28
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, AUGUST 31 - Croatia has awarded four companies the permission to carry out hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation at six locations in the country, the Croatian government has announced. The chosen companies are INA, Crodux Derivati Dva, Vermilion Zagreb Exploration and Aspect Croatia, local media reported. The companies will operate in northeastern Croatia, in the western Slavonia region, an area bordered by the Danube, Drava and Sava rivers, and will be able to drill 25 exploitation wells in two phases, the specialized portal SeeNews reported. The activities of the four companies represent "the largest exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons campaign in Croatia in the last 20 years," the minister of Environment protection and Energy Tomislav Coric said in a statement. (ANSA).

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