Gaz-System launches construction of PLN 600 mln pipeline scheme

State-owned gas infrastructure operator Gaz-System has signed a contract for the construction of the Strachocina-Pogórska Wola gas pipeline. The contractor will be a consortium of companies led by NDI Energy. The value of the investment is estimated at some PLN 600 million, and the completion of works is planned for 2020. The pipeline is an element of the Central European North-South gas corridor. It will be nearly 100 kilometers long and will have 8.4 MPa working pressure. "The gas pipeline will improve the technical conditions and security of gas transmission in the region of south-eastern Poland. It will enable gas transmission to the Podkarpackie voivodship and Slovakia using the planned interconnection between Poland and Slovakia, as well as towards Ukraine using reverse flow,” Gaz-System said. The will be co-financed with EU funds.