GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. signed an agreement for the construction of the Gustorzyn-Odolanów gas pipeline
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. has signed an agreement for the performance of construction and assembly works for the Gustorzyn-Odolanów gas pipeline.
On 11 January 2012, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. signed an agreement for the performance of construction and assembly works for the gas pipeline on the Gustorzyn-Odolanów route, 700 mm in diameter and 168 km in length. The agreement was concluded with the contractor ZRUG Sp. z o.o. with its seat in Poznań, selected under tender proceedings. The net value of the contract is over 178 mln PLN.
The Gustorzyn–Odolanów gas pipeline constitutes a modernisation of the current Odolanów–Gustorzyn–Mogilno transmission system. The construction of the gas pipeline will be fulfilled in two stages: Gustorzyn–Turek, approx. 83 km in length, and Turek–Odolanów, approx. 85 km in length. According to the selected variant, the gas pipeline was designed along the existing system directly connecting the Odolanów and Gustorzyn hubs. It will enable the transmission of gas in two directions, depending on the system demands, with the simultaneous off-take of gas from underground gas storages in Mogilno and Wierzchowice.
The co-financing amount from the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment amounts to 175.45 mln PLN. The planned date of completion of the investment is March 2014.
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The Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is a strategic company for the Polish economy 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, 15 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 may constitute an important element of the North – South Gas Corridor joining the LNG terminal in Świnoujście with the planned Adria LNG terminal and with the Nabucco gas pipeline with the aid of the internal transmission infrastructure of Central European countries.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is also developing gas pipelines in Lower Silesia, which will enable the off-take of greater volumes of gas from the western direction. It will be possible to transport up to 1.5 bcm of gas annually (earlier capacity amounted to 0.9 bcm of gas annually) via the Lasów point on the Polish - German border.
In 2011, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. completed the construction of the Włocławek-Gdynia gas pipeline, the gas compressor station in Goleniów, and the gas compressor station in Jarosław. The company has also started up the new Polish - Czech Interconnector which will enable the transport of approx. 0.5 bcm 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
