Bartimpex tries to pull Gaz System into pipeline deal

"We sent a letter to Gaz System and we received an answer that the company was interested in the project. Both companies will conduct talks concerning this issue," said Stefan Geroń, development director of Bartimpex. Gaz System admitted having been contacted by Bartimpex, but also stated that the talks are only in their initial phase. "We do not know the actual proposals of the other party. One cannot initiate an expansion of the system without knowing its objective. We would like to know whether there would be clients for the natural gas," said Andrzej Osiadacz, president of Gaz System. Bartimpex and its German partner E.ON Ruhrgas already have secured a route in Poland. A similar venture is planned by PGNiG and German Verbundnetz Gaz, but the draft project should be ready next year. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 3) M.M.