Polish independence from Russian gas. Just six years – TVN24 BiS

The supply of gas through the terminal in Swinoujscie and gas pipeline connecting Poland with the northern shelf are independent Poland on gas supplies from the East to 2022. – Said Wednesday in Warsaw government plenipotentiary. Strategic Energy Infrastructure Piotr Naimski.
 

– 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 opportunity as open to negotiations – said before departure to Denmark, where he will accompany the President Andrzej Duda.

One of the topics of conversation of President Andrew Duda Copenhagen will be the construction of the Baltic Pipe. This gas bus with a capacity of 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 Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk announced at last. Month that the Baltic Pipe would be completed in 2022. ZR & oacute; DLO: Gazprom Putin: If Poland does not buy our gas, we find other markets

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Replace russian gas

Piotr Naimski stressed that the Polish activities have lead to a replacement of 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 years 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 cubic meters. you can basically say that (this amount – ed.) will be very responsive to our needs.

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.

The 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 to the strategy outlined in May, Gaz System, the company envisages increasing the capacity of the LNG regasification terminal to 7.5-10 billion cubic meters.

The attorney noted that the 10-15-year gas contract, which on Tuesday said the Russian president Vladimir Putin, the prospect of “difficult to imagine”. – At the moment, it moves away from large long-term contracts, rather they are a medium-term contracts, short-term small amount 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.

Putin offers gas

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia’s Gazprom intends shortly to file ZR & oacute; DLO: Shutterstock According to PSE unregulated energy imports could destabilize the system.