The Szczecin-Lwówek pipeline will be financed from the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment.
The Company signed a contract with the Oil and Gas Institute (Implementing Institute) for funding of the "Szczecin-Lwówek pipeline" project within the 2007-2013 Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment) on 13th July 2011. This is the last, seventh agreement for co-funding of GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. projects signed under the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment.The object of the concluded agreement with the Oil and Gas Institute is obtaining funding from the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment for the construction of the Szczecin-Lwówek pipeline amounting to 159,26 mln PLN. The expected net value of the entire investment amounts to 647,02 mln PLN.
The Szczecin-Lwówek pipeline 188.3 km in length will be located in the Western-Pomeranian, Greater Poland and Lubusz Voivodships. Fulfilment of the gas pipeline in the Szczecin-Lwówek direction, and at a later date also the Lwówek-Odolanów section, will enable the transport of gas from the new supply point in the North to Central Poland via the Odolanów hub connection with the Gustorzyn-Odolanów and Rembelszczyzna-Gustorzyn gas pipeline.
The design documentation has already been prepared for the Szczecin-Lwówek gas pipeline. The preparation of applications for the issue of building permits and preparation of public procurement documents for the selection of a building contractor is in progress. The date of obtaining the building permit is expected in September 2011. The date of completion of the construction of the gas pipeline is planned for 2014.
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The Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is a strategic Polish Company 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, 14 compressor stations, 56 hubs and 970 exit points. The Company employs over 2,000 people.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is planning to 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 can constitute an important element of the North - South Gas Corridor joining the LNG terminal in Świnoujście with the planned Adria LNG terminal with the aid of internal transmission infrastructure of the Central European countries.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is developing the gas pipelines in Lower Silesia, which will enable the off-take of greater volumes of gas from the western direction. Once the development of the system has been completed in 2011, it will be possible to transport up to 1.5 bn m3 of gas annually (current capacity amounts to 0.9 bn m3 of gas annually) via the Lasów point on the Poland - German border.
The Company will also open a new interconnector between Poland and the Czech Republic in autumn 2011, which will enable the transport of approx. 0.5 bn m3 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
