– I do not think we would after 2022. Extension of the existing principles of the Yamal contract, long-term. We were looking for other ways and arrangements. Of course, if the Russian side will offer good conditions, good price, we will treat this as an opportunity to open for negotiations – told reporters before departure to Denmark, where he will accompany the President Andrzej Duda.
Baltic Pipe is a key investment
One of the topics of conversation of President Andrew Duda in Copenhagen will be the construction of the Baltic Pipe. This bus gas przepustowności about 10 billion cubic meters., Which would connect gas systems Polish and Denmark and therefore also pipelines transporting natural gas from Norwegian fields. Polish PGNiG has on the Norwegian Shelf their concessions. Baltic Pipe is included on the list of priority EU energy investments. According to President of the Polish transmission system operator, Gaz System Tomasz Stepien, the Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk announced at last. Month that the Baltic Pipe would be completed in 2022. Piotr Naimski stressed that the Polish activities have lead to a replacement supplies from Gazprom supplies from the north via the LNG terminal in Swinoujscie and gas pipeline, which will connect Poland with the Norwegian shelf. In his opinion, “more or less” in the period 2020. – 2022. Will be able to bring to the Polish ten billion cubic meters of gas. – When Polish consumption, at the moment is approx. 15 billion cu. M. You may in principle be said that (the quantity – PAP) is responsive to our needs.
” Poland will be independent of the supply of gas from Russia in 2022 “
Poland needs 15 billion cubic meters. Gas
Poland annually consumes about 15 billion cubic meters. gas, out of which comes from abroad approx. 10 billion cubic meters. This is the Russian gas supplied under long-term contract with Gazprom, or imported from the west Russian gas purchased on the German stock exchanges.
LNG terminal in Swinoujscie is designed for the reception, regasification and delivery of up to 5 billion cubic meters. of gas per year to the Polish transmission network. This is the first of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. Along with the expansion of gas transmission pipelines and, in particular, interconnections with gas systems in Europe, will strengthen the energy security of our region and can be a real diversification of gas supply sources. According oprzedstawionej in May startegii gas system, the company envisages increasing the capacity of the LNG regasification terminal to 7.5-10 billion cubic meters.
proxy zanaczył that 10-15-year gas contract, which on Tuesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin, the prospect of “difficult to imagine”. – At the moment, it moves away from large long-term contracts, but rather contracts are medium-term, short term smaller amounts of gas. A more flexible market is customers and suppliers, and there is no reason to involve the generation of one of them – said Naimski.
Russia will present its proposal
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia’s Gazprom intends shortly to submit a proposal for the sale of gas in an amount which currently is directed to Polish and that this offer will be presented to partners in different countries, including Polish. The new contract would be signed for 10-15 years – said the Russian president.
As indicated, these partners may be Polish companies, as well as from other countries. – Somebody will buy; if not, we will look for other markets, nothing terrible – he said.
In May Naimski told Reuters that Poland does not plan to renew the long-term gas supply contract after the expiry of the current in 2022. Naimski stated that “if the price of Russian gas will be competitive enough, we do not exclude the purchase, but definitely not within long-term contract. “
PAP, abo
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