ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - Economy Minister Davor Filipović said on Friday that Croatia's Okoli underground gas storage facility will be 90% full by 1 October, as planned.
He recalled that the government had allowed the state-run energy company HEP to take a €400 million loan to make sure that the Okoli facility received sufficient amounts of gas, as planned.
During his visit to Rijeka, Minister Filipović explained that Croatia's annual consumption of gas is up to 2.9 billion cubic metres. Croatia can satisfy those needs thanks to Okoli's capacity and the Krk LNG terminal, he added.
Commenting on gas supply distributors, some of which have failed to procure gas supplies in a timely manner, Filipović said that the government would try to help them, too.
Asked by the press about the situation in the Petrokemija artificial fertiliser producer, affected by high gas prices, and the possibility that high prices of fertilisers could spill over to the agricultural sector, Filipović said that currently there were no problems concerning the provision of artificial fertilisers, according to the information he had.
As for business in Petrokemija, you should ask the majority owners in the company, INA, and the Prvo Plinarsko Društvo, the minister told the press.
