How Southeast Europe’s refining map is being redrawn — and why Serbia’s future now depends on Pančevo and MOL

The oil refining landscape in Southeast Europe is one of the most strategically sensitive industrial systems in the region, because after electricity and natural gas, refined petroleum products define structural competitiveness, price stability, logistics reality and the broader economic exposure of national markets. Over the past years, refining in the Balkans has increasingly become not […]

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Investor outlook 2026: How the Pančevo refinery, MOL’s strategic move and regional capacity imbalances will redefine oil economics in Southeast Europe

An investor seeking clarity in Southeast Europe’s downstream oil future today must approach the region analytically, as if building a financial model inside a geopolitical chessboard. Refining capacity is not merely industrial hardware; it is price leverage, market power, fiscal stability and geopolitical orientation packaged into millions of tonnes per year of throughput. Serbia sits

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Hungary’s growing energy influence in Serbia: Implications for investors, industrial competitiveness, oil exports and regional power dynamics

Hungary’s expanding dominance in Serbia’s energy system has evolved from a strategic concept into a structural transformation with clear financial, industrial and geopolitical consequences. What makes this development particularly relevant from an investor perspective is that it is not limited to a single segment; it stretches across electricity stability, oil refining sovereignty and potentially natural

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Securing Serbia’s energy future: A strategic framework to ensure stability, manage fiscal risks and finance the transition

The stress tests make one conclusion unavoidable: Serbia’s energy challenge is not a shortage of megawatts, but a shortage of system control. Energy volume exists, capital interest exists, and regional connectivity exists. What is missing is a coherent strategy that aligns technical reality, financial discipline and institutional responsibility. Without that alignment, shocks will continue to migrate

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Serbia as a strategic near-source hub for mining-linked steel production

The outsourcing of mining-related steel equipment fabrication to Serbia is increasingly moving from a cost-driven idea into a strategic industrial proposition grounded in quality governance, ESG alignment and execution certainty. For mining operators, EPC contractors and lenders, the central question is no longer whether Serbia can fabricate steel structures competitively, but whether outsourced production can be controlled, certified and integrated into

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From concept to reality: Implementing complex renewable and hydrogen projects within Serbia’s local technical and permitting framework

As renewable energy and hydrogen projects in Serbia scale from conceptual layouts into bankable infrastructure, one of the most underestimated value-critical processes is the translation of international conceptual designs into locally compliant, permit-ready and constructible execution documentation. For investors and lenders, this transposition phase is where abstract technology risk becomes tangible execution risk. It is also where the Owner’s

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From megawatts to market: Owner’s Engineer ensures successful delivery of solar and wind projects in Serbia

Large-scale solar and wind projects in Serbia have fully transitioned into a phase where execution governance, statutory supervision, health-and-safety control, land management and post-commissioning performance assurance are decisive for investor outcomes. In this environment, the Owner’s Engineer acting as Employer’s Representative is no longer a technical layer sitting alongside construction, but the institutional backbone through which legal compliance, construction supervision, lender confidence and

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Europe: TTF gas rises amid January cold snap as Bulgaria debuts official natural gas price assessments

TTF front-month gas contracts traded near €27.5–28/MWh early in the first week of January 2026, hitting six-week highs on Friday, January 2, as a cold snap increased heating demand across much of Europe. Despite the rise, prices remained well below levels seen in previous years, reflecting an ongoing bear trend supported by ample global supply

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Region: SEE sees falling electricity prices in early 2026 amid lower demand and surge in renewables

Electricity prices across the Southeast European (SEE) region fell significantly in Week 01 of 2026 compared to Week 52 of 2025, driven by reduced demand during the New Year holidays and higher wind and solar generation. With the exception of Italy, all markets reported week-on-week price declines, many in the high single-digit to low double-digit

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Romania: Romgaz secures extension for Iernut gas power plant, targets completion by end of 2026

Romanian natural gas producer Romgaz has received another extension to utilize public funding for the long-delayed Iernut combined-cycle gas power plant, following a government decision adopted at the end of 2025. The decision amended the rules of the National Investment Plan, extending the deadline for completing and commissioning funded projects to 31 December 2026, while

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