International oil and gas pipeline links inch forward

There are growing chances for developing new oil and gas connections between East and West Europe. "Among others the construction of the Odessa-Bro dy-Gdańsk oil pipeline may contribute to this development. We also hope to construct the second line of the Yamal gas pipeline," said Deputy Infr astructure Minister Marek Pol. An intergovernmental agreement about unifying oil systems will most likely be signed on October 31. The European Com mission is willing to spend EUR 2 million to prepare a final plan for the Odessa-Brody-Gdańsk pipeline. "It depends on the profitability of the project, which has not yet been established. In order to do this, we will set up a company between Polish pipeline authority PERN and Ukrainian Ukrtransnafta," said Deputy Treasury Minister Tadeusz Soroka. Then it will be possible to move forward to build the EUR 500 million Polish section of the pipeline within three years. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) M.M.