Polish state-run gas distributor Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) has taken the first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) under the spot contract from Statoil through Poland’s newly launched terminal at the Baltic coast.
Approximately 140,000m³ of LNG was delivered to the President Lech Kaczynski LNG Terminal in Swinoujscie, which has an initial annual capacity of five billion cubic metres.
The terminal will be able to handle up to 7.5bn cubic metres of gas annually once it is extended.
The LNG was supplied from the Norwegian port of Melkøya by the 288m Arctic Princess vessel, which has a width of 49m.
PGNiG said that it plans to purchase LNG on a spot basis in addition to regular deliveries under its long-term contract with Qatargas.
LNG spot deliveries facilitate optimisation of the company’s procurement portfolio.
The supplied gas was produced at the LNG plant located on the Norwegian island of Melkøya, situated beyond the Arctic Cycle.
PGNiG recently signed two contracts with EDF Gaz Torun and EDF Torun for the supply of gas to EDF’s new gas-fired CHP plant in Torun.
One of the contracts provides for the supply of gas for the plant’s technical start-up and commissioning, while the other is for the supply of gas after the plant becomes operational.
The aggregate volume of contracted gas is about 355 million cubic metres (mcm).
The new CHP plant at EDF Torun will replace the existing coal-fired boilers and would be fuelled by gas supplied by PGNiG, which guarantees reliable heat supplies for the people of Torun.
It will also have low-emission facilities to co-generate heat, as well as power.
