Ukraine national energy company Naftogaz is partnering with Poland’s Orlen to capitalise on LNG opportunities and create a more diversified energy system, following a period of intense Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
A gas supply contract has been signed for approximately 100 million cubic metres (cbm) of gas, which will be sourced from an LNG cargo to be delivered to the terminal in Klaipėda, Lithuania.
The gas will then be transmitted via the GIPL pipeline connecting Lithuania and Poland, and further through Polish territory to the interconnector on the Ukrainian border in Drozdowicze, where it will be received by Naftogaz.
Roman Chumak, Naftogaz Ukraine’s Acting Chairman of the Board, said the tie-up would also accelerate Ukraine’s integration into the European gas market.
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