November 2 (SeeNews) - The construction of a cross-border oil pipeline between Serbia and Hungary is expected to be completed by 2028, Serbia’s energy minister Dubravka Djedovic-Handanovic was cited as saying by local media on Thursday.
In June, Serbia and Hungary agreed to build a 128-km cross-border oil pipeline to provide Serbia with Russian Urals crude via the Druzhba oil pipeline as Belgrade's shipments via Croatia fall under EU sanctions.
“We have started [...] drawing up technical documentation, and construction work on Serbian territory will be carried out by state-owned oil storage operator Transnafta. The plan is for the construction of this oil pipeline to be completed by 2028, which will enable the transport of around four million tonnes of oil,” Serbia’s energy minister Dubravka Djedovic-Handanovic was quoted as saying at the Gas Forum of Southeast Europe in Belgrade, by news agency Tanjung.
Serbia also plans to build gas pipelines with North Macedonia and Romania by 2028, Djedovic-Handanovic added, without elaborating on further details.
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