Statoil to supply PGNiG with gas via Germany

It has been estimated that Poland would purchase more than 2 billion cubic meters from Norway in order to lessen its dependence on deliveries of Russian gas. The Norwegian gas will be supplied by a different route than that earlier planned by the government of Jerzy Buzek. In September 2000, both countries signed a contract envisaging the construction of a pipeline to Poland, which would supply 74 billion cubic meters of gas over 15 years. In December 2003, the parties annulled the contract. The gas will now come through Germany. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 12; www.onet.pl) M.M.