Baltic Pipe to cut reliance on Russian gas

The Baltic Pipe project from Norway via Denmark and the Baltic Sea is a key component of plans by Poland and other European countries to diversify natural gas supplies away from Russia


NORWAY
SWEDEN
North Sea
DENMARK
Europipe II
GERMANY
CZECH REP.
AUSTRIA
FINLAND

Nord Stream 1 & 2
Damaged by series of explosions

Baltic Sea
LITHUANIA
POLAND
Baltic Pipe
SLOVAKIA
RUSSIA

Yamal: Deliveries to Poland halted by Russia

UKRAINE
200km 125 miles
Main gas pipelines from Russia 


BALTIC PIPE PROJECT FACTFILE

Development: Joint enterprise between Poland’s Gaz-System and Danish counterpart Energinet

Capacity: 10 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas per year to Poland – equal to half of its gas consumption in 2021 – and 3 bcm per year from Poland to Denmark

Length: 900km

Commissioning: Partial capacity from Oct 1, 2022. Full capacity expected from Jan 1, 2023

Interconnectors: Links already constructed between Poland and neighbouring countries such as Slovakia and Lithuania, allowing gas to be transferred in both directions


Sources: Energinet, Gaz-System, Reuters
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