Government announces Norwegian gas supply deal

The government plans signing on September 3rd, a contract for supplies of around 5 billion cubic meters of gas from Norway, government spokesman Krzysztof Luft said yesterday. He added that although "the management board of Polish Oil and Gas (PGNiG) has not accepted the results of negotiations conducted up to date, the negotiations are still in progress". On Monday, deputy chairman of PGNiG Piotr Wozniak stated that he expected taking a decision on the contract by the end of the week. However, in the announcement sent by PGNiG to Prawo i Gospodarka, this term was not confirmed and it was said that during the company's management board meeting on August 27th, no motion was submitted regarding the approval of contractual conditions for gas supplies from Norway. Nevertheless, the announcement stressed that both the Polish and Norwegian sides are keen to complete negotiations as soon as possible. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p.4), M.T.