Gazprom launches gas station network in Bosnia

BELGRADE The Serbian oil company NIS, a daughter company of Russia's Gazprom Neft, has opened 27 gas stations in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The stations operate under the Gazprom brand, Beta is reporting. Gazprom launches gas station network in Bosnia A press release issued by Gazprom Neft said that, besides Bosnia, the project for developing a new network of Gazprom gas stations was expanding to Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. The statement stressed that more than 250 gas stations would be constructed in the Balkans by the end of 2015, including 40 in Bosnia, where Gazprom is expected to cover around 15 percent of the fuel retail market. The first NIS gas station under the Gazprom brand in Bosnia opened in January. In 2012, NIS purchased 28 gas stations from the Austrian OMV in Bosnia. In addition to approximately 300 filling stations in Serbia, the company also owns gas stations in Romania and Bulgaria. NIS HQs in Novi Sad (Beta, file) Bosnian market one of NIS priorities Bosnia-Herzegovina is one of the priority markets for NIS when it comes to the company's development, and the proximity of the Oil Refinery in Pancevo would also contribute to this end, Director of NIS Sales and Distribution Block Alexander Malanin stated. NIS intends to invest around EUR 45 million (or BAM 90 million) in Bosnia-Herzegovina by the end of the year, reporters from Bosnia-Herzegovina stated after spending two days touring NIS and the Pancevo Oil Refinery, Fena news agency reported. Malanin noted that in addition to the existing 22 Gazprom gas stations, NIS would have 28 new gas stations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, while the number of such stations in Serbia would total 17, in Romania 50 and in Bulgaria 40. Malanin announced that NIS would focus on cities in Bosnia-Herzegovina where the company has not presented its services yet and in municipalities where the development of the gas station network is justified in economic terms. Regional Manager of NIS Gazprom Neft for the Adriatic region and director of retail companies in Bosnia-Herzegovina Branko Radujko expressed the expectation that NIS would have 250 Gazprom stations in the region by the end of 2015. The network of Gazprom gas stations belongs to a premium segment of the Balkan fuel market and it sells fuel of Euro 5 quality, high-quality oil and lubricants and other accompanying goods. Beta Tanjug

Gazprom launches gas station network in Bosnia

A press release issued by Gazprom Neft said that, besides Bosnia, the project for developing a new network of Gazprom gas stations was expanding to Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.

The statement stressed that more than 250 gas stations would be constructed in the Balkans by the end of 2015, including 40 in Bosnia, where Gazprom is expected to cover around 15 percent of the fuel retail market.

The first NIS gas station under the Gazprom brand in Bosnia opened in January.

In 2012, NIS purchased 28 gas stations from the Austrian OMV in Bosnia. In addition to approximately 300 filling stations in Serbia, the company also owns gas stations in Romania and Bulgaria.

Bosnian market one of NIS priorities

Bosnia-Herzegovina is one of the priority markets for NIS when it comes to the company's development, and the proximity of the Oil Refinery in Pančevo would also contribute to this end, Director of NIS Sales and Distribution Block Alexander Malanin stated.

NIS intends to invest around EUR 45 million (or BAM 90 million) in Bosnia-Herzegovina by the end of the year, reporters from Bosnia-Herzegovina stated after spending two days touring NIS and the Pančevo Oil Refinery, Fena news agency reported.

Malanin noted that in addition to the existing 22 Gazprom gas stations, NIS would have 28 new gas stations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, while the number of such stations in Serbia would total 17, in Romania 50 and in Bulgaria 40.

Malanin announced that NIS would focus on cities in Bosnia-Herzegovina where the company has not presented its services yet and in municipalities where the development of the gas station network is justified in economic terms.

Regional Manager of NIS Gazprom Neft for the Adriatic region and director of retail companies in Bosnia-Herzegovina Branko Radujko expressed the expectation that NIS would have 250 Gazprom stations in the region by the end of 2015.

The network of Gazprom gas stations belongs to a premium segment of the Balkan fuel market and it sells fuel of Euro 5 quality, high-quality oil and lubricants and other accompanying goods.