Information on gas supplies

Photo of the article Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA report that, apart from the temporary limitations imposed on three industrial customers under commercial gas sales agreements, all other customers in Poland are currently receiving natural gas in quantities that fully meet their requirements.
Over the past 24 hours the Russian supplier OOO Gazprom-Export has not confirmed an order placed by PGNiG and, consequently, gas supplies from that direction have been lowered by 7%. The reduction of gas supplies relates to the Yamal transit gas pipeline. PGNiG SA has intervened on this matter with its supplier and expects response.
Current demand for high-methane natural gas is approximately 68 million cubic meters per day and is met in the following manner: supplies of gas from domestic sources amount to about 7.2 million cubic meters per day, supplies of imported gas are about 40.8 million cubic meters per day, and the balance comes from underground gas storage facilities.
PGNiG SA and GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. are continuously monitoring the situation and will be reporting on gas supplies and demand on an ongoing basis.

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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.
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.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. also developed gas pipelines in Lower Silesia, in order to enable the off-take of greater volumes of gas from the western direction. It is  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.
The investments completed by GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. in 2011, along with the possibility of using virtual reverse flow services on the Yamal pipeline, have created the technical capability for the import to Poland of over 3.3 bcm of gas annually from new sources (approx. 30% of the current imports).
Contact:
Małgorzata Polkowska
Spokesperson for GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
Phone + 4822 22-01-755, + 48 691-911-217