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According to a report by MTI, MOL said Janaf had been asked to demonstrate, with appropriate tests, that sufficient volumes of crude could be delivered through the Adria pipeline to Hungary on a daily basis.
MOL offered to support those tests in any way possible and said it was open to the involvement of independent experts.
MOL said it had suggested putting their commercial relationship on a new footing, in a predictable market environment with competitive service, and proposed that Janaf study the best international examples of ownership structures of Western European delivery companies, in which the ownership presence of crude buyers ensured fair pricing and continuous availability.
MOL said its position remained unchanged and that the region’s supply required “at least two” high-capacity crude pipelines offering “competitive” prices to ensure a dependable crude supply. Janaf chairman Stjepan Adanic said on Wednesday that the talks with MOL were conducted with a “calm and rational tone”.
He added that tension had eased after the prime ministers of Croatia and Hungary had discussed Hungary’s crude supply through the Adria pipeline on the sidelines of a recent European Union sumit in Copenhagen.
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