GAZ- SYSTEM S.A. is buying pipes for the construction of strategic pipelines
On 2 August 2011, the Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. signed a partial contract with the Consortium of Companies in the following composition: FERRUM S.A. (Consortium leader); STEELTUBES Sp. z o.o.; UNISET Rury Stalowe-Steel Pipes Janusz Gaczyński; and U.S. STEEL KOSICE s.r.o., (Slovakia) for the supply of insulated steel pipelines 700 mm diameter for the construction of the Szczecin-Gdańsk pipeline.
The partial agreement was signed as a result of framework contracts concluded with the contractors selected by an open procurement procedure in the scope of supply of pipes 700 and 800 mm diameter. The value of the partial contract amounts to almost 47.7 mln PLN net.
The framework agreements will be valid and binding for a period of two years. Given orders are being carried out under separate partial agreements concluded each time after acceptance of the most advantageous offer for a given party of pipes. The framework agreements were signed for the purchase of pipes directly from the producer. This will enable GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. to speed up investment works and improve cost effectiveness.
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The Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is a strategic Polish Company 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, 14 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 can constitute an important element of the North - South Gas Corridor joining the LNG terminal in Świnoujście with the planned Adria LNG terminal with the aid of the internal transmission infrastructure of Central European countries.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is developing the gas pipelines in Lower Silesia, which will enable the off-take of greater volumes of gas from the western direction. Once the development of the system has been completed by 2011, it will be possible to transport up to 1.5 bn m3 of gas annually (current capacity amounts to 0.9 bn m3 of gas annually) via the Lasów point on the Polish - German border.
The Company will also open a new interconnector between Poland and the Czech Republic in autumn 2011, which will enable the transport of approx. 0.5 bn m3 of gas annually.
Contact:
Małgorzata Polkowska
Spokesperson for GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
tel. (22) 22-01-755, 691-911-217
e-mail: pr@gaz-system.pl
www.gaz-system.pl
