The Republic of Srpska (RS) is advancing a major gas infrastructure project after Sarajevo Gas launched a public procurement procedure for the design and construction of the so-called Eastern Interconnection pipeline. The contract is estimated at around €460 million excluding VAT, making it one of the most significant investments in the country’s gas sector in recent years. Interested companies have until 28 January to submit their applications through the national public procurement portal.
The planned pipeline will create a new east–west gas corridor across northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, starting in Šepak at the Serbian border and terminating in Novi Grad near Croatia. Along the route, it will pass through key urban and industrial hubs such as Bijeljina, Banja Luka and Prijedor, significantly expanding the existing transmission network and opening access to gas for new consumers.
The Eastern Interconnection is designed to enhance supply security and improve system resilience in a country with no domestic natural gas production. Bosnia and Herzegovina currently depends entirely on imported gas, delivered from Russia via Serbia through the TurkStream pipeline system. Led by Sarajevo Gas, the project is expected to play a central role in strengthening long-term stability of gas deliveries to the Republic of Srpska and in diversifying transit routes in the years ahead.