LNG terminal will be ready by the end of H1 2015 - Piechociński

Deputy PM Janusz Piechociński said in an interview with Polish Radio, that the LNG terminal in Świnoujście won’t be operational until May or June next year. He also announced that deputy minister of economy Dariusz Bogdan will become a member of the management board of Gaz-System, the company which oversees the terminal construction. “I want him to have control over the final stages of the project,” Piechociński explained. The terminal, built by state-controlled SPV Polskie LNG, is expected to have an operating capacity of 5 billion cubic meters of LNG annually, which may be expanded to 7.5 billion cubic meters. It’s launch date has been delayed several times.