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Poland mulls third LNG

import project

TERMINALS POLAND is considering the construction of a demand from Poland’s neighbours.
third LNG import terminal in order to accom- Poland’s plan to cut energy ties with Russia for
modate transit supplies to neighbouring Slova- good also hinges on the launch of the 10 bcm per
kia and the Czech Republic, its climate minister year Baltic Pipe this October, which will bring
said on May 30. gas from Norway. An interconnector with Lithu-
The country already has a 6.2bn cubic metre ania that was launched in May has also given the
per year regasification terminal in operation in country access to imported gas via the Klaipeda
Swinoujscie that is undergoing an expansion that regasification terminal.
will lift its capacity to 8.3 bcm per year by 2023. A wave of new LNG import projects, pre-
It also plans to bring online a 6.1 bcm per year dominantly FSRUs, have been proposed since
floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in late
in Gdansk in 2025. February. Moskwa said that the second FSRU in
After losing its Russian gas supply last month Poland would support the goals set out in Brus-
when it refused to pay for deliveries in rubles, sels’ REPowerEU initiative, which calls for a cut
Warsaw is eager to see these projects realised as in Russian gas supply of as much as two thirds
quickly as possible. And with the Czech Repub- within a single year.
lic and Slovakia also pushing to end Russian gas In Poland, authorities have been preparing
imports, the installation of a second FSRU in for a future without Russian gas for many years.
Gdansk may be justified, Minister Anna Moskwa Successive governments have declared their
told the Biznewsalert website on May 30. intention not to buy any gas from Russia after the
“Different options can be considered,” she existing contract between PGNiG and Gazprom
said. “We could open another FSRU and charter expires at the end of this year. Poland terminated
another vessel but this would be a responsibility that contract prematurely in May, accusing Gaz-
of our partners.” prom of breaching the deal by demanding pay-
This second FSRU could have a capacity of 6 ment in rubles.™
or 12 bcm per year, Moskwa said, depending on

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