Świnoujście Polskie LNG Terminal

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Świnoujście Polskie LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Poland.

Location

The map below shows the terminal, near Świnoujście, in Świnoujście County, Województwo Province.

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Project Details

• Owner: Polskie LNG S.A.
• Parent: PGNiG (Government of Poland)
• Location: Świnoujście, Świnoujście County, Województwo Province, Poland
• Coordinates: 53.909167, 14.294722 (exact)
• Capacity: 3.6 mtpa, 0.52 bcfd
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2016

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

Świnoujście Polskie LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal in Poland. The plant is owned by Gaz-System, a subsidiary of state-owned energy firm PGNiG. Front-end engineering was conducted by SNC Lavalin, and the construction contract was carried out by a consortium of six firms, led by Saipem. Constrution began in March 2011, and the plant was brought online in October 2015.

Pipeline Connections

The terminal is connected to the Baltic Pipeline, a bidirectional gas pipeline connecting Poland to Denmark and allowing Poland to receive up to 10 bcm of Norwegian gas each year (3bcm/y could flow in the opposite direction), while, on the other hand Russian gas and excess gas from the terminal can go to Denmark.

Expansion Project Details

• Owner: Polskie LNG S.A.
• Parent: PGNiG (Government of Poland)
• Location: Świnoujście, Świnoujście County, Województwo Province, Poland
• Coordinates: 53.909167, 14.294722 (exact)
• Capacity: 1.8 mtpa, 0.26 bcfd
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2021

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Expansion Background

In April 2017, the plant's owners approved a plan to expand the plant by 50%, by adding a second berth and a third storage tank. In January 2019 Polski LNG announced that it had obtained environmental and location permits for the expansion.

According to Food and Water Europe's 2019 profile of Poland's gas use and production, "... between the 2nd half of 2016 and March 2019, the terminal was only used at under 40% of its capacities. At a time when LNG plants are lying idle (all EU terminals have worked at less than 25% of their capacity since 2012) and when many energy analysts believe that 'gas delivered by tanker will never be able to compete with gas delivered by pipeline,' it seems irresponsible to extend (especially with tax payers money) the capacities of a terminal which has just been commissioned and therefore not yet demonstrated its commercial viability. Nevertheless, the extension project was included in the 3rd list and applied for the 4th PCI list. On top of this, Poland also discusses a second LNG import terminal, the Polish Baltic Sea Coast Terminal.

Expansion 2 Project Details

• Owner: Polskie LNG S.A.
• Parent: PGNiG (Government of Poland)
• Location: Świnoujście, Świnoujście County, Województwo Province, Poland
• Coordinates: 53.909167, 14.294722 (exact)
• Capacity:
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2023

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Expansion 2 Background

There is a second expansion planned that would add more capacity to the terminal. The expected operational date is 2023.