Building permit issued for project of expansion of underground gas storage facility Banatski Dvor – Storage capacity of 1.5 billion cubic meters expected in this location by end-2026

The building permit for the project of the expansion of Banatski Dvor has been issued, as confirmed by the director of Srbijagas, Dusan Bajatovic, at the meeting with the minister of mining and energy of Serbia, Dubravka Djedovic Hananovic, one of whose topics was precisely the expansion of this underground gas storage facility.

Bajatovic said that the project of the expansion of Banatski Dvor was going as planned and that the equipment had been defined and commissioned.

During the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of Srbijagas in Novi Sad, Djedovic Handanovic pointed out that the strategic interest of Serbia was to have a gas storage facility in its territory.

– I expect us to have storage capacities of 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas in Banatski Dvor by the end of 2026, which will make a key contribution to the energy security and stability in the next 25 years – said the minister.

She said that the gas storage facilities were well filled in both Serbia and Hungary and that additional deliveries from Azerbaijan had been agreed as well.

– In November, we will have 750 million cubic meters in Banatski Dvor and 163 million in Hungary. We have also secured additional quantities from Azerbaijan, which we will withdraw in line with our needs, and the agreement will be made official soon – the minister pointed out.

Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije

JP Srbijagas Novi Sad

Ministry of Mining and Energy

PE Srbijagas Novi Sad

Dubravka Đedović Handanović

Dušan Bajatović

Banatski Dvor gas storage facility

expansion of Banatski Dvor gas storage facility