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According to a statement by Gaz-System, the company obtained the permit on December 3 from the Voivode of the Pomeranian province for the construction of the FSRU terminal together with the infrastructure necessary for its operation and the offshore pipeline connecting the terminal with the onshore system.
The FSRU will be located in the southern part of the Gulf of Gdansk, at a distance of about 3 km from the shore.
Gaz-System said the project will include the construction of a jetty, together with the infrastructure necessary to operate the FSRU, and an approx. 3 km long offshore gas pipeline.
In addition, 250 km of onshore pipelines will be built between Gdansk and Gustorzyn to transport LNG regasified onboard the FSRU deeper into the country.
According to Gaz-System, the FSRU terminal in the Gulf of Gdańsk, with its annual capacity of 6.1 bcm, will guarantee diversification of gas supply directions and sources for Poland and the CEE region.
Its commissioning is planned for late 2027/early 2028.
“Obtaining the building permit completes the engineering stage and allows the project to progress toward execution,” Sławomir Hinc, president of Gaz-System management board said.
“We will start construction works on the offshore component of the FSRU program immediately upon finalization of tenders and signing agreements with the contractors for the offshore project,” Hinc said.
MOL’s FSRU
In April this year, Japan’s shipping giant MOL signed a long-term FSRU charter deal with Gaz-System for the planned LNG import terminal in Gdansk.
The deal with MOL’s unit White Eagle Energy is for 15 years with the possibility of further extension.
Based on the charter agreement, Gaz-System also has the right to purchase the FSRU.
HD Hyundai Heavy will build the 170,000-cbm FSRU and deliver it in 2027.
It will be 294 meters long and 46 meters wide.
Hyundai Heavy’s parent KSOE said on March 6 that the shipbuilder won an order from an owner in Europe.
The contract has a price tag of 483.9 billion won or about $364 million.
This is Poland’s first FSRU and will add to the onshore Swinoujscie LNG terminal.
Poland’s Orlen previously booked entire 6.1 bcm per year of regasification capacity at Gaz-System’s planned FSRU-based LNG import facility.
Orlen is already in charge of all of the supplies coming to Gaz System’s LNG import terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland’s first such facility, via PGNiG.