Opole-based firm to construct zl. 200 mn natural gas pipeline and network

Andrzej Brzozowski, head of Opole-based ZPiUT, which has been involved in the construction of several domestic telephone networks, says his company will construct a 175km high-pressure natural gas pipeline between Klobuck and Pajeczno, as well as a 400 km gas distribution network, together worth some zl.200 million. The company is now looking for strong partners to help finance the investment, which, if ZPiUT is able to locate funds quickly enough, should be completed by 2003. The company has been given the green light by local gminas, and the Energy Regulation Office (URE) has already promised the company a license to undertake gas transportation and trading activities. The area that will be supplied by the the network and pipeline includes four poviats inhabited by one million people in need of natural gas supplies. In 2006-2008 the annual demand for natural gas in this region should reach 300 million cubic meters, according to Andrzej Brzozowski, the company's owner. (Puls Biznesu, p.3) M. S.-C.