Poland doubles LNG terminal capacity plan
Poland has decided to double the initial capacity of its planned liquefied natural gas terminal to 5 million cubic metres, a spokeswoman for the terminal's operator said on Tuesday.
Originally the terminal, due to be finished by 2014, was expected to have an initial capacity of 2.5 million cubic metres and further increases were to be decided depending on usage.
"We are now planning to have a capacity of 5 million from the start," Gaz System spkeswoman Malgorzata Polkowska said.
Poland has signed a deal with Qatar's Qatargas Operating Company to deliver about 1.4 million cubic metres of gas through the terminal starting in 2014.
The LNG terminal is seen as Poland's most plausible attempt at diversifying gas supplies away from Russia's dominance.
Russia covers about two thirds of Poland's annual gas needs of 14 billion cubic metres, with domestic supply accounting for the remainder.
Originally the terminal, due to be finished by 2014, was expected to have an initial capacity of 2.5 million cubic metres and further increases were to be decided depending on usage.
"We are now planning to have a capacity of 5 million from the start," Gaz System spkeswoman Malgorzata Polkowska said.
Poland has signed a deal with Qatar's Qatargas Operating Company to deliver about 1.4 million cubic metres of gas through the terminal starting in 2014.
The LNG terminal is seen as Poland's most plausible attempt at diversifying gas supplies away from Russia's dominance.
Russia covers about two thirds of Poland's annual gas needs of 14 billion cubic metres, with domestic supply accounting for the remainder.