Poland looking for new sources of LNG

Poland is looking for US and Canadian partners that could sell liquefied natural gas for the Świnoujście terminal, Deputy Economy Minister Ilona Antoniszyn-Klik told Reuters in an interview. She said that major Polish energy companies would send representatives to the United States in September to talk about potential deliveries. Poland is also working on getting permit for LNG exports from that country, she added. “For now the prices offered by U.S. companies seem not very competitive for Polish clients, but there is a chance that prices will fall on the global market in the near-term,” Antoniszyn-Klik said. Poland is looking to diversify its sources of natural gas, which now comes mostly from Russia. Earlier this week, the country’s natural gas distributor PGNiG said that deliveries from Gazprom are lower than commissioned.