ENTSOG GRIP BEMIP 2014-2023 / Main Report

INFRASTRUCTURE / THIRD PARTY INFRASTRUCTURE

At the end of 2013, gas transmission system in Poland consisted of: high pressure gas pipelines with total length of 10,077km, 63 entry points, 966 exit points, 882 gas stations, 14 compressor stations and 57 system nodes. The gas network in Poland is connected to the European grid, but mainly along the East-West axis. There are six major entry points into the transmission network that are located at Drozdowicze (Ukraine), Wysokoje (Belarus), Lwówek and Włocławek (Belarus, on the Yamal-Europe pipeline), Lasów (Germany), Cieszyn (Czech Republic). Total capacity of all cross-border points amounts to approximately 210TWh / year. GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. has been taking steps to build new interconnection points and expand the ones that already exist. The company is currently constructing LNG terminal in Świnoujście (via its SPV, Polskie LNG) and more than 1,000km of new gas pipelines. The most important pipelines will be situated in north-western and central Poland. In addition, a physical reverse flow on the Yamal –Europe pipeline will be put into operation (virtual reverse is operational since November 2011). All of these investments will be completed in 2014. They will enable to foster Poland’s energy security through the creation of technical conditions to diversify the natural gas supply. These activities are also conducive to the further liberalisation of the gas market in Poland and enhancement of its competitiveness. In the mid-term (until 2018 and in the perspective of 2023), GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. plans to commission projects aimed at enhancing the transmission system in Poland and constructing new cross-border interconnections with the systems in Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Additionally, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. plans to upgrade the LNG terminal in Świnoujście and realise the Baltic Pipe project.

Šakiai

56

Kaunas

Kaliningrad

Greifswald

Niechorze

4

Gdansk

Świnoujście

33

1

30

32

Kamminke

Płoty

2

31

P O L A N D

Szczecin OPAL

Tietierowka

3

214

Gross Köris

GIPL

215

Mallnow

Włocławek

EuRoPoL

Kondratki

38 9

103

102

7

101

Wysokoje

Lwòwek

EuRoPoL

8

216

Rembelszczyzna

Poznań

Kobryn

6

Guben

10

WARSAW

Gubin

29

Łódź

5

Odolanów

Jeleniów

Wronów

11

Lasów

13 12

39

15 14

417

16

Wrocław

VTP-GAZ-SYSTEM

28

17

18

21

Tworzeń

20

22

27

Kouřim

Katowice

Oświęcim

PRAGUE

19

Jarosław

26

Rzeszow

Cieszyn

Skoczów Pogórska Wola

44

Drozdwicze

23

217

Lviv

25

Drozdovychi

Kralice

Žilina

24

Poprad

Veselí nad Lužnicí

Hostim

Figure 2.20: Development of gas transmission system, Poland

2013 – 2016 2017 – 2020 2021 – 2023

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