200px, The former island of Ostrovo (map from 1912)
Ostrovo or Ostrvo ( sr-cyr, Острово or Острво; meaning "island" in
Serbian) was the largest
Serbia
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n
river island
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on the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
, with an area of .
Characteristics
It was in length and in width. Today it is no longer an island but
peninsula
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, which is connected to the southern bank of the Danube. Ostrovo lies east of
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
, near
Kostolac
The City municipality of Kostolac ( sr-cyrl, Градска општина Костолац, Gradska opština Kostolac is a town in Serbia and one of two city municipalities which constitute the City of Požarevac. It is situated on the Danube riv ...
, and is heavily forested. It has given its name to a village of
Ostrovo in municipality of Kostolac. The southern arm of Danube around Ostrovo is called ''
Dunavac
Dunavac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дунавац) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula. The word literally means "Little Danube"
Location
Dunavac is located in the no ...
''.
Natural gas
In the early 2000, reserves of the
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...
were discovered on Ostrovo. Potential reserves were estimated to 200 million cubic meters with the possible production of 10,000 cubic meters per day for 12 years. Profitability index was estimated to 1:7 and the extraction could start in 2001. Reserves of the paraffin petroleum were also discovered. Based on this, a big underground gas storage and a regional pipeline to
Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
According to ...
and
Požarevac
Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, ...
were proposed. Even though by 2003 everything was prepared for the works to begin, by 2017 there was no progress at all.
Exploitation of the gas finally began in 2017, on the gas field which covers . There are four wells, with daily production reaching by November 2021. The storage station "Ostrovo" was built from Kostolac, and adapted to produce liquid,
compressed natural gas
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, which mainly consists of
methane
Methane ( , ) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas. The relative abundance of methane on Eart ...
. The gas can be used as a fuel, and is shipped four times per day from Ostrovo, mostly for industrial use.
See also
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List of islands of Serbia
References
River islands of Serbia
Islands of the Danube
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