New gas pipeline linking Poland, Slovakia opens; to import 10.4 bcm gas
Poland and Slovakia celebrated the launch of a new pipeline connecting them, which enables Warsaw to import 5.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas and grants Bratislava access to 4.7 bcm each year.
The 164-km new pipeline is part of the North-South Gas Corridor that links the gas terminal in Poland’s Swinoujscie Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal and the Baltic Pipe, to natural gas infrastructures in south-eastern Poland and farther central-eastern and south-eastern Europe, reports Xinhua news agency.
“The Poland-Slovakia gas connection is an important element of the North-South Gas Corridor and is one of the key energy investments in the region,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during the launch ceremony on Friday.
