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Ukraine, Poland to build new gas pipeline link

Xinhua, June 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The state gas network operators of Ukraine and Poland, the Ukrtransgaz and the Gaz-System, have agreed to build a new interconnector to link their gas transportation networks, a spokesman for the Ukrtransgaz said on Wednesday.

"There will be a new gas pipeline link between Ukraine and Poland, its commercial operation is due to start in 2020," Maksym Bilyavsky wrote on Facebook.

He said that the construction works on the interconnector, which will stretch some 99.3 kilometers, will begin in 2017.

At the initial stage, the new pipeline will be able to deliver 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Poland to Ukraine per year, Bilyavsky said, noting that the maximum annual transport capacity of the interconnector could be increased to 8 billion cubic meters if there is a market demand.

According to the Ukrtransgaz, the main aim of the project is to increase reverse gas flows from Europe to Ukraine and to stockpile more gas designated for the consumers in the European Union (EU) in Ukraine's underground storage facilities.

The construction of the new pipeline is estimated to cost Ukraine about 245 million U.S. dollars.

Currently, the Ukrainian gas transportation system is connected to Poland through a single pipeline with an annual transit capacity of 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas.

In 2014, Ukraine started a reverse flow of gas deliveries from the EU countries, namely Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, to trim its reliance on Russian supplies. Endit