Gaz-System signs agreement to build new gas pipeline

Polish gas transmission operator Gaz-System has signed an agreement to build a new gas pipeline from Lwówek to Odolanów in the Wielkopolska voivodship, the company announced in a press release. The project will be implemented in two phases and is to be completed by 2018. “By the end of 2018, the construction of a new 168-km gas pipeline will form an important part of the international North-South gas corridor,” the press release read. The contractors for the investment are: PORR Polska Infrastructure S.A., O.T. Industries-KVV Contractor CO. LTD., JT S.A. and IMP Promont d.o.o. Gaz-System has received funding for the pipeline as part of the Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020 program. Funding from the EU amounts to more than PLN 472 million.