Economy Minister announces gas pipeline expansion
Poland will spend $170 million to boost the capacity of the first phase of
the Yamal gas pipeline, deputy Economy Minister Marek Kossowski announced
after government delegation talks in Moscow. The investment will increase
the transport capacity of the pipeline from 18 billion to 28 billion cubic
meters per year. Poland and Russia both declared interest in building the
second phase of the pipeline, a project that would depend on the demand for
gas in Poland and Europe. The Moscow visit was primarily meant to prepare
for the talks Russian president Vladimir Putin is to hold during his visit
to Warsaw, which starts on Wednesday. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 1, Reuters)
T.J.
