Gaz-System: Baltic Pipe gas flows remain above 60 million kWh per day

Baltic Pipe gas flows are above 60 million kWh per day, Gaz-System said on Thursday. According to Energinet, the Danish gas network operator, Norwegian gas may flow into the Baltic Pipe after the Nybro terminal becomes operational on Tuesday.

Gaz-System told on Thursday that the flow of gas, which has been flowing through the Baltic Pipe to Polish consumers since 1 October 2022, “remains at a level of approximately 60 million kWh per day and is carried out by Gaz-System according to customer nominations”.

According to the SWI platform, Baltic Pipe’s gas flow on 2 November was more than 62 million kWh per day.

Earlier, Danish gas network operator Energinet, Gaz-System’s partner in the construction of Baltic Pipe, announced that the Baltic Pipe receiving terminal was commissioned on 1 November in Nybro in western Denmark. Thanks to the investment, Norwegian gas started to flow to Poland.

As Energinet emphasised in the announcement, “this means that Norwegian gas can flow into the new Baltic Pipe pipeline and can be transmitted further to Poland”. Previously, from 1 October, the Baltic Pipe pipeline supplied gas from Danish fields in the North Sea and the European gas system.

Gas to the Orsted receiving terminal in Nybro is supplied from the Norwegian Europipe II pipeline in the North Sea. At the receiving terminal in Nybro, the gas is treated, followed by a pressure reduction before further transmission.

Energinet recalled that the terminal was originally scheduled to become operational on 1 October, after which the opening date was postponed three times due to “technical challenges” related to IT systems and control and security.

In contrast, Gaz-System, the Polish transmission system operator, stressed that the scope of the Baltic Pipe investment for which it was responsible had been fully implemented.

According to Energinet’s earlier announcements, the full commissioning of the Nybro terminal is still expected to take place in 2022. According to the company, Baltic Pipe will reach its full capacity of 10 bcm of gas per year by the end of November this year.

The start-up of Baltic Pipe gas transmission, connecting the Norwegian shelf via Denmark to Poland, took place on 1 October this year.

The only user of the Baltic Pipe system will be PGNiG for the time being. The company has bought most of the pipeline’s capacity, which is expected to eventually reach 10 bcm per year. PGNiG will import gas from its own production on the Norwegian shelf and purchased from other producers.

The pipeline is a joint investment by the gas transmission system operators from Poland and Denmark – Gaz-System and Energinet. Gaz-System owns and operates the part starting on the shore of the Danish island of Zeeland and running to Poland along the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

Source: PortalMorski.pl