PGNiG and Statoil to discuss supplies of Norwegian gas and pipeline

The president of Polish Oil and Gas (PGNiG) has invited the head of Statoil for negotiations over supplies of natural gas from Norway, Economy Minister Jacek Piechota revealed on Thursday. He did not say whether PGNiG had any detailed proposals to offer. " We need the possibility that would allow us take such quantities of gas from Norway that would guarantee profitability for the enterprise which is to construct the pipeline," the minister said. PGNiG so far has failed to confirm its initial agreement with the Norwegians to annually buy five billion cubic meters of gas and has suspended the decision to construct the pipeline. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 31) M.K.