LNG terminal to be named after Lech Kaczyński

The liquefied natural gas import terminal in Świnoujście will be named after late President Lech Kaczyński, Gaz-System, the terminal operator, informed. "This way we will honor a man of whose one aim was to strengthen the country on the energy map of Europe," a statement read. President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydło were invited to attend a naming ceremony on June 18. The LNG terminal in Świnoujście features an unloading jetty for large LNG tankers, two storage tanks and a regasification train. The terminal’s initial regasification capacity will be five billion cubic meters per annum. The project is worth PLN 3.5 billion and is Poland’s flagship investment aimed at diversifying gas supplies, reducing dependence on Russia.