Picture of the day: Poland awaits first LNG cargo

Poland will receive its first cargo of liquefied natural gas at the Świnoujście import terminal by the end of 2015.

According to local media reports, the first tanker will dock at the Polskie LNG-operated facility at the end of November or early December.

The first LNG cargo will be used for cool-down and start-up operations and it will be supplied by the world’s largest producer of the chilled gas, Qatargas.

The construction on the LNG facility is to be officially completed today.

Gaz-System’s unit Polskie LNG has recently concluded talks regarding the project completion with the construction consortium led by Italy’s Saipem.

Polskie LNG and the consortium signed an annex to the original contract where the EPC contractor “committed itself to complete construction works and receive the first LNG cargo this year,” the company said.

The start-up of Poland’s first LNG terminal has been delayed several times with the original date which was set for the end of June last year.

The second delivery of LNG designated for operational tests will be supplied in the first quarter of 2016, while commercial operations of the terminal will commence in the second quarter of the same year.

In the first stage of operation, Polskie LNG’s facility will enable the regasification of 5 Bcm of natural gas annually.

LNG World News Staff