Less than half a year after the signing of the memorandum of understanding on the construction of the Hungary-Serbia oil pipeline, the public company Transnafta Pančevo announced a tender for the preparation of planning and technical documentation for the construction of this new direction of crude oil supply to Serbia.
In the job specification, it is reminded that Serbia is currently supplied with imported crude oil from one direction only, via Croatia and their transport system Janaf d.d., but that the Spatial Plan of Serbia provides that, in order to diversify the transport of crude oil, other directions of pipeline supply are also considered, in for the purpose of energy security.
“The direction from Hungary was taken into consideration because the “Družba” oil pipeline, which supplies most of Europe, passes through its territory. The construction of a new oil pipeline to Hungary will ensure a more secure supply of the domestic refinery, and thus the domestic market,” the tender states.
The interconnection with Hungary is planned near the Horgoš border crossing in the municipality of Kanjiža, and the end of the route is at the Transnafta Novi Sad Terminal, with a length of about 120 km.
The planned oil pipeline has an annual capacity of 5.5 million tons per year, entirely installed underground, made of steel pipes with a preliminary diameter (DN) of 450, designed for the maximum working pressure, which will be determined during the conceptual design phase of the project.
Such a transport concept is envisaged that the crude oil transported by the southern branch of the “Družba” pipeline from Russia via Ukraine to the Hungarian Danube refinery near Budapest is pumped from the refinery to Aldja, and from Aldja it is then transported by pumps to Novi Sad (Transnafta Terminal).
From Novi Sad, oil is further transported to the Pancevo Refinery via the existing Transnafta pipeline.
On the territory of Serbia, the pipeline would stretch from the border with Hungary (Horgoš) to the Transnaft Terminal in Novi Sad. The new pipeline would run from the border with Hungary in the corridor of the Balkan Stream gas pipeline to Gospodginac, and further in the corridor of the US Tisa – Novi Sad pipeline.
