View of the Gustorzyn compressor station
Basic parameters and description of the project:
  • capacity of compressor station after expansion: in the first stage 20 MW, final 30 MW
The investment was consist in the construction of a gas compressor station and the expansion of the installation making part of the existing System Point in Gustorzyn.

Due to the operating characteristics of the transmission system and the planned increase of gas supply volumes from the northern direction, the gas compressor station in Gustorzyn is an essential element of the Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) project and an important part of the Baltic Pipe project.

Project status:
  • The investment has been completed.

Project route and location:
The investment was located in Brześć Kujawski municipality, Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship.
Map of Goleniów-Lwówek and compressor stations

Benefits

The facility’s role is to enable the flow of gas volumes from, among other countries, Norway (Baltic Pipe) to the compressor station and then directing this stream towards, among others, Lithuania (GIPL). Thanks to the construction of such facilities as the gas compressor station in Gustorzyn, GAZ-SYSTEM will be able to flexibly control gas flows and transport the fuel to customers throughout Poland as well as to neighbouring countries.

The municipality where the project was implemented will get a substantial benefit in the form of revenue from the property tax to be paid annually by GAZ-SYSTEM.

Co-financing by the European Union

The investment has received funding from the European Union under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme.

The maximum amount of co-financing under the agreement was nearly 32 million Euro.

Project of Common Interest (PCI)

The European Commission has granted the PCI (Project of Common Interest) status to the project. More information on the significance of the PCI status for the development of gas transmission infrastructure can be found in the  dedicated section on PCI projects.

While implementing its investment projects GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. respects the rights of all interested parties. You are encouraged to send comments and questions concerning any project which was granted the PCI status using the Form for questions and comments concerning the implementation of projects with PCI status by GAZ- SYSTEM.

Administrative decisions

Decision on location
On 19 July 2019, the  Kujawsko-Pomorski Voivode issued a decision on the location for the Gustorzyn Gas Compressor Station, together with the infrastructure necessary for its operation, in the village of Gustorzyn, the municipality of Brześć Kujawski.  

Building permit decision
On 5.02.2020, the Kujawsko-Pomorski Voivode issued a decision approving the building permit design and granting a building permit for the project named “Construction of the Gustorzyn gas compressor station and the infrastructure necessary for its operation”.

Contacts to Contractors and Investor

Building Contractor:
MAX STREICHER S.p. A.
Via Giovanni Keplero 5A
43122 Parma
Italy

Branch in Poland
ul. Widok 8
00-023 Warszawa
Contract Manager – Paride Pedrini, phone number. 607 042 172
Construction Manager - Łukasz Maruszak, phone number. 607-105-682

Investor’s Supervision Contractor:
SGS Polska Sp. z o.o.
ul. Jana Kazimierza 3
01-248 Warszawa

Investor:
Gas Transmission System Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
Oddział w Gdańsku
ul. Wałowa 47
80-848 Gdańsk
phone number. 58 744 05 00
e-mail: komunikacja.gdansk@gaz-system.pl