Poland has revived plans to build a natural gas pipeline that would link its infrastructure to Norway as it steps up efforts to curb imports from Russia. The so-called Baltic Pipe would carry up to a few billion cubic metres of gas per year by 2022, state-run PGNiG said on January 28. But there are doubts whether the Baltic Pipe plan is any more feasible now than it was in the 2000s, especially as Poland prepares to start receiving Norwegian gas in the form of LNG. Another issue is whether Norway could provide sufficient gas for the pipeline.
The Polish government is also aware that advocating for reduced imports from Russia has a strong pull with the electorate. This goes some way in explaining why such an ambitious project would be considered in the present downturn says Sijbren de Jong in the February 4 edition of Newsbase’s weekly Europe Oil & Gas Monitor.
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