Poland's natural gas monopoly, PGNiG, wants to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal without a partner and "sees chances" it will sign a supply contract for the project by the end of 2007, a company official was quoted as saying.

PGNiG plans to build an LNG terminal in Swinoujscie on the Baltic coast by the end of 2011 and will buy 2.5 billion cubic metres of liquified gas per year as part of Poland's strategy to limit its dependence on imports from Russia.

A PGNiG official was quoted as saying last week the construction of the terminal will cost more than the initially planned EUR450 million.

"We are planning to build a liquified gas terminal on the Baltic coast," Tadeusz Zwierzynski, the PGNiG official in charge of the project, told daily Rzeczpospolita. "The company set up by PGNiG for that project will be the sole investor."

Gaz de France and Spain's Repsol have both expressed interest in cooperating with PGNiG on building the terminal.

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Related Project
Polskie LNG (PLNG)
Facility Type: LNG Owner: PGNiG SA (Polish Oil & Gas Co.)
Scope: New Construction Location: Swinoujscie Poland