Poland signs 5-year contract to ship liquefied gas from United States
The PGNiG oil and gas company based in Poland has entered into a five-year contract with the Centrica electricity and gas supply international company for shipment of liquefied gas from the United States to a liquefied natural gas terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland on the Baltic Sea coast, as stated by President of the PGNiG Management Board Piotr Wozniak at a Washington-to-Warsaw video conference, the Ukrinform news agency reports.
According to Wozniak, the agreement with Centrica brings the PGNiG company to a new level in the global market of liquefied natural gaz.
Wozniak stressed that this was the first medium-term agreement for LNG supplies secured by the company. “Most of [the agreements] have been signed to diversify gas supplies to Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe to bolster energy security in the region historically dependent on Russian gas,” the top executive said.
Deputy President of the PGNiG Management Board on Trade Maciej Wozniak said this could be something very interesting for Russia to ponder over because this is the first contract for gas supplies from the United States to Northern Europe.
Gas to Poland will be shipped from American LNG terminal Sabine Pass in Louisiana State. The agreement, effective 2018, envisages approximately nine shipments of liquefied natural gas.
As earlier reported, in late September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Witold Waszczykowski stated that by 2022 Poland would have completely eliminated its dependence on Russian gas.