Call for Interest in Increasing Regasification Capacity at the FSRU Terminal
GAZ-SYSTEM is initiating a dialogue with gas market participants to verify their interest in increased regasification capacity at the FSRU Terminal. Confirmation of the demand for additional LNG regasification capacity would provide basis for initiating the Open Season procedure.
In June 2025, the European Commission published a legislative proposal for a regulation to implement mechanisms facilitating complete cessation of natural gas imports from the Russian Federation. The published proposal is a further step towards ending the European Union's dependence on Russian energy resources. The redirection of gas import routes and further development of LNG infrastructure are opening up new opportunities for the Member States. Therefore, an increasing number of European undertakings are expressing their interest in gaining access to LNG supplies provided from the territory of Poland.
In consideration of the above, GAZ-SYSTEM is resuming works to analyse market demand for increased regasification capacity at the FSRU Terminal in Gdańsk to be achieved by installing additional equipment at the jetty and mooring the second FSRU (FSRU 2) in Gdańsk, capable of LNG unloading, in-process storage and regasification.
Under the non-binding “Call for interest in increasing regasification capacity at the FSRU Terminal”, market participants will have the opportunity to voice their interest in booking regasification services made available after FSRU 2 commissioning and to indicate market-oriented determinants that will help define the terms and conditions for the binding Open Season procedure to be launched, including:
- expected latest possible date for starting the provision of regasification services on board FSRU 2;
- declared level of regasification capacity for each year of the service provision;
- duration of the contract for the provision of regasification services;
- acceptable model for the provision of the services on FSRU 2;
- nformation whether the participants plan to use the Terminal’s additional capacity made available after commissioning of FSRU 2 to satisfy domestic demand or for transit and, if interconnectors are to be used, in which directions (Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, other);
- any relevant additional conditions regarding access to FSRU 2.
The Open Season procedure, intended to facilitate the increase of the regasification capacity at the FSRU Terminal resulting from FSRU 2 commissioning, is planned following an analysis of submissions received from the market participants. The objective of the FSRU 2 Open Season procedure is to confirm the demand for additional regasification capacity through submission, by the interested market participants, of binding orders for regasification services at the FSRU Terminal to be made available after the commissioning of FSRU 2.
Any questions related to the potential for increasing the regasification capacity at the FSRU Terminal and filling the questionnaire should be directed to the following e-mail address: openseason@gaz-system.pl.
We are waiting to receive information from market participants between 1 and 30 September 2025. Detailed information and the questionnaire are available on GAZ-SYSTEM’s website under the Consultations with market participants tab.
Project description
The Terminal accommodat the Floating Storage Regasification Unit(s) is a strategic investment project contributing to the development of natural gas infrastructure in Poland and the region. It involves the construction of infrastructure capable of LNG receiving, in-process storage and regasification to obtain over 6.1 bcm of natural gas per year.
The FSRU, currently under construction at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea, will be permanently moored to the jetty in the southern part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, within the Port of Gdańsk (in the vicinity of the Baltic Hub and the approach fairway). This infrastructure will be the second facility in Poland (after the LNG Terminal in Świnoujście) capable of receiving liquefied natural gas delivered by sea.
The FSRU Program includes not only the construction of the jetty and laying the offshore gas pipeline, but also expanding the Polish national gas transmission system by nearly 250 km of new pipelines onshore.
Financial support for the project
The FSRU Offshore Project is being implemented with the financial support from the European Union. Under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the European Commission granted funding to the LNG Gdańsk Project for the preparatory works. The maximum amount of the grant is approx. EUR 19.6 million.
In June 2025, GAZ-SYSTEM signed a loan agreement with Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego for PLN 2.2 billion, which will be used to build the infrastructure for natural gas. The funding comes from the National Recovery Plan (NRP), where the FSRU Program is included in the chapter concerning REPowerEU – the EU instrument supporting Europe's transition away from Russian fossil fuels by 2030.
Project benefits
The FSRU Program is consistent with Polish and European policy of ensuring stable economic growth by offering the possibility to import gaseous fuel to Poland from new sources. It is also a response to the growing demand for natural gas in the domestic market and the CEE region.
The project constitutes an important component of the energy transition of Poland. It will also have a beneficial impact on the further development of efficiently functioning natural gas markets in the region and thus, by providing access to new sources of gas supply, securing natural gas at more favourable prices. By ensuring proper diversification of gas supply sources, the attractiveness of natural gas relative to other energy sources will increase in the energy markets and competition between participants will intensify.
More information about the project: https://www.gaz-system.pl/en/transmission-system/investment-projects/fsru-terminal.html
