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Country profile: Croatia
| Location: | Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia |
| Climate: | Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast |
| Terrain: | geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands |
| Size: | 56542 sq. km total (Land area: 56414 sq. km Water area: 128 sq.km) |
| Population: | 4,491,543 (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census) |
| Government: | presidential/parliamentary democracy |
| Capital city: | Zagreb |
| Legal system: | based on Austro-Hungarian law system with Communist law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | kuna (HRK) |
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Country profile
The countries of the Balkans region are neither major energy producers nor consumers. Although the region does hold some important fossil fuel deposits, these resources are not significant on a world scale, and the political and economic instability in the Balkans in recent years has discouraged any substantial foreign investment in the respective countries' energy sectors.
Rather, the region is becoming more important as a transit center for Russian and Caspian Sea region oil exports to Western consumers. The region's leading transit projects are listed below.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 27,190 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 1 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
| Consumption: | 99,000 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 2 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
| Exports: | 40,930 bbl/day (2004 est.) | |
| Imports: | 109,800 bbl/day (2004 est.) | 1 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
| Reserves: | 69 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.) | 27 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
| Major fields: |
Croatia - recent news
| 06 Jan 25 |
Croatia: Star Energy acquires further shares in Croatian Geothermal Development Company Star Energy has acquired a further 20% of the issued share capital of A14 Energy from its JV partner, Peninsula International, taking its total share of the company to 71%. A14 Energy owns, via its Croatian subsidiary, IGeoPen, three geothermal waters exploration licences in the highly prospective Pannonian Basin in Croatia. |
| 24 Oct 24 |
Croatia: EBRD supports green energy transition in Croatia The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to €31.6 million to Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d. (HEP), Croatia's national energy company to finance the construction and operation of a solar power plant with installed capacity of up to 99 MW. |
| 12 Dec 23 |
Croatia: Star Energy mobilises rig to Ernestinovo Licence, Eastern Croatia AIM-listed Star Energy has announced that a drill rig has been mobilised to a recently constructed well pad on its Ernestinovo Licence in Eastern Croatia, three months after the acquisition of its Croatian Geothermal interests. The rig will re-enter the Ernestinovo-3 well to test the geothermal potential of the fractured metamorphic pre-Cenozoic formation. |
| 21 Nov 23 |
Croatia: Nordex Group receives an order for 56 MW in Croatia The Nordex Group has received an order for 56 MW in Croatia. The largest wind farm developer and operator in the country, ENCRO and Adris Grupa, a leading independent investment company in Croatia, have ordered eight N163/6.X turbines for the 'Visoka' wind farm. |
| 12 Oct 23 |
Croatia/South Korea: LNG Croatia and SK E&S sign JDA for possible cooperation in LNG and renewable energy sources LNG Croatia has signed a Joint Development Agreement for possible cooperation in the field of the LNG industry, renewable energy sources, and energy efficiency with SK E&S, part of SK Group, headquartered in Seoul. |
Croatia - more news
Other countries in this region
- Afghanistan,
- Albania,
- Armenia,
- Austria,
- Azerbaijan,
- Belarus,
- Belgium,
- Bosnia and Herzegovina,
- Bulgaria,
- Cyprus,
- Czech Republic,
- Denmark,
- Estonia,
- Faroe Islands,
- Finland,
- France,
- Georgia,
- Germany,
- Greece,
- Greenland,
- Hungary,
- Iceland,
- Ireland,
- Italy,
- Kazakhstan,
- Kyrgyzstan,
- Latvia,
- Lithuania,
- Luxembourg,
- Malta,
- Moldova,
- Montenegro,
- Netherlands,
- Norway,
- Poland,
- Portugal,
- Romania,
- Russia,
- Serbia,
- Slovakia,
- Slovenia,
- Spain,
- Sweden,
- Switzerland,
- Tajikistan,
- Tatarstan,
- Turkey,
- Turkmenistan,
- Ukraine,
- United Kingdom,
- Uzbekistan
