12/18/2006

Poland to build liquid gas terminal in Swinoujscie port

Poland's oil and gas monopoly said Friday that a liquid gas terminal will be built in the Baltic Sea port of Swinoujscie to diversify the nation's sources of energy, now chiefly coming from Russia.

The construction of the gas port is to begin in 2011 and the cost is estimated at some €350 million ($462 million), said Tadeusz Zwierzynski, deputy head of the monopoly, Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo, according to PAP news agency.

Zwierzynski said Swinoujscie, near Poland's border with Germany, was chosen because land for construction was easily available there and the region is significantly dependent on gas energy.

Poland's socially-conservative government of Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski decided earlier this year to build a liquid gas port as a step toward cutting Poland's dependence on Russian supplies.

Poland was affected when Russia briefly cut gas supplies to neighboring Ukraine in a price dispute in January.

Source:iht.com



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