Poland expects North Sea gas in 3-4 years

Poland expects North Sea gas in 3-4 years

Poland expects the delivery of North Sea gas to begin in three to four years, the Deputy Economy Minister Piotr Naimski said Tuesday.

Naimski said the Polish Oil and Gas Exploration Co. had invited tenders for a feasibility study of the undertaking, Polish Radio 1 reported.

Other options are also being considered. Naimski said talks about oil supply were also ongoing, including discussions on the extension of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to Plock, Poland.

Poland is paying serious attention to energy supplies in Europe. Earlier this week, its prime minister, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz., wrote in the Financial Times of a need for a treaty among NATO and European Union members on energy security.

"The shortages provided tangible evidence of institutional weakness in European energy security structures," he wrote.