Poland to break reliance on Russian gas
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The Baltic Pipe, a €1.6bn project linking Poland with Norway’s gasfields, will shake up energy markets in central Europe and help Warsaw cut its decades-long dependence on Russian gas supplies
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BALTIC PIPE PROJECT

Joint enterprise between Gaz System and Danish counterpart Energinet

Capacity: 10 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year. Poland sources 9 bcm of its
17 bcm annual gas demand from Russia

Length: 900km

Operational: Oct 2022. Warsaw’s contract with Russia’s Gazprom expires 2022 – no intention to renew
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Nord Stream 2: Rival Kremlin-backed pipeline linking Russia with Germany

SWEDEN
Copenhagen
NORTH SEA
NETH.
BALTIC SEA
Baltic Sea Offshore
POLAND
NORWAY
North Sea Offshore pipeline
Onshore Denmark
DENMARK
EUROPIPE II
Greifswald
GERMANY
Onshore Poland

Swinoujscie LNG terminal: Poland boosting regasification capacity from 5 bcm to 7.5 bcm

100km 60 miles
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Gas pipeline Existing New

Compressor station LNG Terminal
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Interconnectors to Lithuania, Slovakia and Czech Republic will allow Poland to route excess gas to neighbouring countries in central Europe
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Sources: Baltic Pipe Project, FT, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS