Hermanowice – Strachocina

Gas construction work
Basic parameters and description of the project:
  • high pressure gas pipeline
  • diameter: 700 mm
  • operating pressure: 8.4 MPa
  • length: approx. 72 km

Project status:
  • completed
  • permit to operate and commissioning of the gas pipeline in 2020
  • engineering phase completed with all necessary approvals required for the building permit decision obtained in 2015

Project location:
The gas pipeline is located in Podkarpackie Voivodeship and runs through the following municipalities: Przemyśl, Fredropol, Ustrzyki Dolne, Bircza, Tyrawa Wołoska, Dydnia and Sanok.
Map with the passage of the Hermanowice-Strachocina gas company

Benefits

The investment has enabled full capacity utilisation in the Underground Gas Storage in Strachocina, as well as the interoperability of the national transmission system with the new Poland-Slovakia interconnection. The project is a vital link in the integration of the Polish and Slovak transmission systems, and also of the Polish and Ukrainian ones, especially in the context of the planned construction of a new gas pipeline between Poland and Ukraine. The Hermanowice-Strachocina gas pipeline is also an important component of the North-South Gas Corridor.

The investment ensures:
  • improved energy security of Poland
  • increased system capacity for transmission in the western direction
  • shortened gas transport route
  • reduction of gas transmission costs
Local communities have gained an important benefit of the revenue from the property tax to be paid annually by GAZ-SYSTEM at the rate of 2% of the value of the transmission infrastructure to be located in the territory of each municipality. This amount is a regular contribution to the local budget which may be spent on community needs.

Contractors

  • Design Engineer was: GAS STORAGE Poland sp. z o.o. (formerly: Operator Systemu Magazynowania Spółka z o.o.)
  • Building Contractor was: PGNiG Technologie S.A.
  • Investor's Supervision Contractor was: MGGP S.A.
  • Author's supervision was: ILF Consulting Engineers Polska sp. z o.o.

Legal basis

The project was implemented on the basis of the provisions of the Act of 24 April 2009 on investments in regasification terminal for liquefied natural gas in Świnoujście (for consolidated text see Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1836).

Co-financing by the European Union

The project has been granted funding from the European Union under the Infrastructure and Environment Operational Programme 2014-2020.

The maximum amount of co-financing under the contract was almost PLN 128 million.

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. took due care to respect the rights of all interested stakeholders. 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.