GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.: gas imports to Poland continue without disruption; reductions of gas supply under commercial agreements affect three industrial customers due to low temperatures.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.: gas imports to Poland continue without disruption; reductions of gas supply under commercial agreements affect three industrial customers due to low temperatures.Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. informs that the deliveries of imported natural gas to Poland are carried out in full as per the volumes nominated by PGNiG S.A.
At the same time, due to the expected extremely low temperatures, PGNiG SA advised GAZ-SYSTEM SA. of an immediate need to mobilise the mandatory gas stocks, which would significantly increase the natural gas supply to the transmission system from Mogilno UGS and enable the satisfaction of dynamically growing demand for gas.
In response, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. informed PGNiG S.A. of the necessity to introduce commercial reductions in accordance with the provisions of the Act on stocks of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas, the principles of proceeding in circumstances of a threat to the fuel security of the State and disruption on the petroleum market, and requested the supplier to indicate the customers to be affected by such reductions and the corresponding level. The prior introduction of commercial reductions is a precondition to the mobilisation of the mandatory stocks of natural gas held in underground gas storage facilities.
The need for reductions under commercial agreements has arisen due to the expected increase in the demand for high-methane natural gas to a level exceeding 70 million cu.m per day and the risk of imbalance in the transmission system. Accordingly, commercial reductions of natural gas supply have been introduced by PGNiG S.A. with an effect from 31 January 2012 for Zakłady Chemiczne Police S.A., and from 1 February for PKN Orlen S.A. and Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A.
***The Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is a strategic company for the Polish economy responsible for natural gas transmissions throughout Poland. The Company manages assets worth approx. 5 bn PLN comprised mainly of elements of the transmission system, e.g. more than 9.7 thousand km of high pressure pipelines, 15 compressor stations, 56 hubs and 970 exit points. The Company employs over 2,000 people.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. will build over 1,000 km of new gas transmission pipelines by 2014. The most important will be constructed in North Western and Central Poland (Szczecin-Lwówek, Świnoujście-Szczecin, Szczecin-Gdańsk, Włocławek-Gdynia, Rembelszczyzna-Gustorzyn, and Gustorzyn-Odolanów), as well as in Lower Silesia (Polkowice-Żary, and Jeleniów-Dziwiszów). The development of the gas pipeline network in Poland may constitute an important element of the North – South Gas Corridor joining the LNG terminal in Świnoujście with the planned Adria LNG terminal and with the Nabucco gas pipeline with the aid of the internal transmission infrastructure of Central European countries.
In 2011, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. completed the construction of the Włocławek-Gdynia gas pipeline, the gas compressor station in Goleniów, and the gas compressor station in Jarosław. The company has also started up the new Polish - Czech Interconnector which will enable the transport of approx. 0.5 bcm of gas annually.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. also developed gas pipelines in Lower Silesia, in order to enable the off-take of greater volumes of gas from the western direction. It is possible to transport up to 1.5 bcm of gas annually (earlier capacity amounted to 0.9 bcm of gas annually) via the Lasów point on the Polish - German border.
The investments completed by GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. in 2011, along with the possibility of using virtual reverse flow services on the Yamal pipeline, have created the technical capability for the import to Poland of over 3.3 bcm of gas annually from new sources (approx. 30% of the current imports).
Contact:
Małgorzata Polkowska
Spokesperson for GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
Phone + 4822 22-01-755, + 48 691-911-217
