ZAGREB (Croatia), March 31 (SeeNews) – Croatian blue-chip oil and gas company INA reported on Monday a consolidated audited net profit of 869 million kuna ($189 million/120 million euro), down from 883 million a year earlier due to higher taxes. “The net profit of the INA Group in 2007 was lower by 1.6% compared to 2006 as a result of higher amount of corporate taxes,” the company's CEO Tomislav Dragicevic said in a statement.