LNG Terminal with capacity of 5 billion cubic meters per year on the first day of the week started in the North-West of Poland in Swinoujscie, at the opening ceremony of the terminal was made by the Prime Minister of Poland ewa kopacz.

"currently 90% we can get gas from other directions, not only from the East. In the coming year if we are to work well, 100% we will be independent from gas supplies from the East, " - said kopacz. The Prime Minister said that " this independence will provide an opportunity to negotiate the price of gas."

before the head of the Ministry of state property of Poland Andrzej Czerwi?ski said 1st tanker with gas from Qatar, with whom Poland signed a contract for delivery shall arrive in the port at the end of November - beginning of December, the second - by the end of February 2016.

The terminal in ?winouj?cie will allow Poland to purchase liquefied gas from anywhere in the world and get it by sea. The capacity of the terminal is 5 billion cubic meters, which is about one-third of Polish needs for " blue fuel ". There is also the possibility of increasing capacity to 7, 5 billion cubic meters of gas.

first in the Polish gas network operator Gaz-System has said that by 2018 the Terminal is expected to connect the pipeline with Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine. This will enable Gaz-System to transport gas to markets with annual consumption of about 100 billion cubic meters.

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