Polish-state Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (PGNiG) has secured 0.5 billion cu m/year (bcmy) of regasification capacity at the 3.75-bcmy Klaipeda LNG terminal in Lithuania. PGNiG’s term offtake will begin Jan. 1, 2023, and last for 10 years.
PGNiG began using Klaipeda LNG earlier this year, with its first cargo delivered May 6, 2022, and has received a total of seven cargoes through the terminal to date. Gas is either sold to customers in the Baltic States or transported to the Polish market via the 2-bcmy Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania pipeline, which also began operations earlier this year (OGJ Online, May 9, 2022).
PGNiG is one of multiple European companies signing LNG supply agreements in an effort to reduce the continent's dependence on Russian gas following its invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this week, RWE signed an MoU with ADNOC for long-term supplies also starting in 2023 (OGJ Online, Sept. 30, 2022).
With this agreement, terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta said it had concluded its long-term regasification capacity allocation.
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