The Polish gas giant PGNIG still does not have signed contracts for gas volumes from Norway that would fill the new Baltic Pipe gas pipeline. This is the key direction of the supply of blue fuel to Poland after it was cut off from Russian raw materials. Meanwhile, there are a lot of people who want to buy Norwegian gas, and Poland has to compete for contracts with other European countries, writes Business Insider Polska.
It is noted that “there is a fierce struggle for Norwegian gas for Poland.” “Our interlocutors say that it will be extremely difficult to fill out the Baltic Pipe in 2023, and if it succeeds, it is very expensive. Polish negotiators are not wizards,” the economic publication notes. There are fewer than the new gas pipeline for negotiations. Baltic Pipe, connecting Poland with deposits on the Norwegian shelf, will be launched already in October 2022.
“Standard winter, we are able to survive the next heating season, avoiding gas problems, but it will definitely be expensive because PGNIG buys gas at market prices, which are now very high,” the experts of the publication noted. Another industry expert, on the terms of anonymity, stated that the problems will appear later: “If we do not close the reserved capacities of the Baltic Pipe, in the spring we will have empty warehouses, and we will have a problem with their replenishment. Much depends on how the deliveries will go Russian gas to Europe, because Poland provides itself with supplies, for example, from Germany. “