Serbia–Bosnia Interconnector Gas Pipeline
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Serbia–Bosnia Interconnector Gas Pipeline, also known as Gas Interconnector Serbia - Republika Srpska or Eastern Link Pipeline, is a gas pipeline proposed gas pipeline from Serbia to Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Indjija to Macvanski Prnjavor in Serbia to Republika Srpska cities of Bijeljina, Banja Luka and Novi Grad in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
Project details
Indjija-Janja-Bijeljina
- Operator: JP Srbijagas, GAS RES[3]
- Capacity: 1.2 billion cubic meters/year[4]
- Length: 102 km / 63 miles[3]
- Diameter: 500, 400 mm / 19.68, 15.75 inches[3]
- Status: Proposed[3]
- Start year: 2024[3]
- Cost: €45 million (US$51.3 million)[2]
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure: Balkan Stream gas pipeline[2]
Bijeljina–Banja Luka–Novi Grad
- Operator: JP Srbijagas, GAS RES[3]
- Capacity: 1.2 billion cubic meters/year[4]
- Length: 320 km[4]
- Diameter:
- Status: Proposed
- Start year: 2026
- Cost: €80 million (US$91.2 million)[5]
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure: Balkan Stream gas pipeline[2]
Background
Srbijagas and GAS RES signed an agreement on the projects construction on March 16, 2021 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of March 2021, the project-technical documentation is expected to be completed by June 2024, and construction completion is planned for 2026.[2] The project is supported by Russia and Serbia. It has been approved at some levels of government, however, the controversial nature of the project and strong opposition has prevented it from beginning construction.[6]
Proposals call for it to connect to the Balkan Stream gas pipeline.[2]
Indjija-Janja-Bijeljina
This portion of the pipeline was included in the US Energy Agency Catalogue in 2021. It would run for 90km from Indjija in Serbia to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) near Janja. It would continue for 12km from there to Bijeljina in Republika Srpska.
Bijeljina–Banja Luka–Novi Grad
This portion of the pipeline was not included in the catalogue, although it is mentioned in numerous news articles. It would run from the eastern portion of Republika Srpska to the western part of Republika Srpska including Banja Luka and Novi Grad on the Croatian border.
Opposition
Some ethnic groups within Bosnia and Herzegovina oppose the construction of the pipeline, seeing it as a project that would deepen energy ties with Russia and Serbia. In response to this opposition, the Serb member of Bosnia and Herzogovina's tripartite presidency announced that he would block other projects if Sarajevo continued to oppose the pipeline. An alternative pipeline supported by Croatia and the European Union is preferred by Croats and Bosniak politicians.[7][6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Serbia and Bosnia's Republika Srpska region to build a gas pipeline". N1 Info. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "New gas pipeline between Serbia and Republika Srpska by 2026". Serbia Business. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Eastern Europe Natural Gas Partnership (May 26, 2021). "Catalog of Potential Eastern European Natural Gas Investment Projects in Support of the Three Seas Initiative" (PDF). United States Energy Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Serbia and Bosnia's Republika Srpska region to build a gas pipeline - N1". N1 (in bosanski). 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ↑ "New gas pipeline planned between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina | Enerdata". www.enerdata.net. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Bosnia's Dysfunction Snarls Efforts to Curb Moscow's Reach in the Balkans". The New York Times. 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
- ↑ "Bosnian Serb leader threatens to block projects if Gazprom's pipeline obstructed". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
