Weaning Poland off Russian gas

Last year the country imported 60% of its gas from Russia. Although there is the promise of shale gas production in Poland, it will take a few years to develop.

Starting las month, Poland significantly imports more gas from Germany, thanks to the expansion of a pumping station at Mallnow on the border. All the pipelines built by the Soviet Union to supply gas to its satellites were designed to operate in one direction only, from Russia to the West. But Gaz-System, the firm that operates the Polish section of the Yamal pipeline, says up to 2.3 billion cubic meters of gas per year can now be imported through it from the West.

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