Swinoujscie LNG terminal. File photoWARSAW, Apr 25Poland is ready to easily stop importing Russian gas, Tomasz Stempen, head of the republic's gas transmission operator Gaz-System, told reporters. Earlier, the Polish authorities announced that they would completely stop importing energy resources by the end of this year from Russia.
Gas transit through Ukraine could grow by 29 percent «Today, in April 2022, the Polish gas system is ready for such a circumstance as blocking all eastern entrances to Poland without the need to launch some kind of crisis management without the need to limit supplies to consumers,» he said. Stempen. He noted that at present Polish gas storage facilities are almost 80% full, and there are alternative sources of gas production. «We have a historical level of filling storage facilities. Every day we pump a large amount of gas into them. The level of reserves is already close to 80%,» Stempen said. He noted that the capacity of Poland's gas storage facilities is 3.81 billion cubic meters. According to the head of Gaz-System, with the current fairly warm weather, Polish recipients do not consume much gas. «That's 50 million cubic meters per day,» he said. the launch of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, which is scheduled for the end of this year, Poland has the possibility of alternative gas supplies. «We have entrances in the west, we have an LNG terminal, which in crisis situations is capable of supplying almost 1 million cubic meters per hour, we have domestic production of about 6 million cubic meters per day, we have a small connection with the Czech Republic, we are, in principle, ready gas pipeline to Lithuania with a capacity of 210,000 cubic meters per hour,» he said. Speaking about the plans to launch the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline from Norway to Poland, the head of Gaz-System said that from January 2023 Poland will be able to receive 1.1 million cubic meters of gas per hour. The opening ceremony of Baltic Pipe is scheduled for September 2022.
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