Plinacro is a natural gas transmission system operator in
Croatia
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History
Plinacro was founded on 1 February 2001 as a subsidiary of
INA. Since March 2002, Plinacro is a fully state-owned company.
Operations
Plinacro operates of high pressure gas pipelines. On 3 March 2009, Plinacro signed an agreement with FGSZ Zrt, a subsidiary of
MOL Group
MOL Plc. ( hu, Magyar OLaj- és Gázipari Részvénytársaság, lit=Hungarian Oil and Gas Public Limited Company), also commonly known as MOL Group, is a Hungarian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. Members of M ...
, to build a
natural gas interconnector between Croatia and Hungary, which would allow two-way shipments after the Adria LNG terminal is built on the island of
Krk
Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kota ...
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[
] Plinacro was also invited to the consortium building Adria LNG terminal.
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] After failure of Adria LNG terminal, Plinacro participated in
LNG Hrvatska
LNG Hrvatska d.o.o. (also ''LNG Croatia LLC'') is a company that operates a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in Omišalj on the island of Krk, Croatia. It commenced operations on 1 January 2021, with full capacity (2.6 ...
project where they own 16% of stocks.
Plinacro is participating in the work of creation of the
New European Transmission System, a project to unite Central and South Eastern Europe's natural gas transmission networks.
In January 2009, it was decided that Plinacro will buy the Okoli gas storage facility from INA as a result of the INA's takeover by MOL.
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Oil and gas companies of Croatia
Natural gas pipeline companies
2001 establishments in Croatia
Companies based in Zagreb
Government-owned companies of Croatia