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PGNiG's investments in Norway increase Poland's energy security

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PGNiG's investments in Norway increase Poland's energy security
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The Yamal contract, under which blue fuel from the Russian Gazprom flows to Poland, is ending. But thanks to PGNiG's investments in gas extraction on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Poland will finally become independent from supplies from the East. Currently, Poland consumes about 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually, almost half of which is imported from Russia.

When in 1996 a long-term gas contract was signed with Gazprom, called the Yamal contract, our country had no…

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