Baltic Pipe receiving terminal launched, Norwegian gas flows to Poland

The Baltic Pipe receiving terminal was launched in Nybro in western Denmark at the beginning of November, Danish gas network operator Energinet announced. Thanks to the investment, Norwegian gas has started flowing 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”.

At the receiving terminal at Nybro, to which the Norwegian Europipe II pipeline is connected, the gas is purified, followed by a pressure reduction before further transmission.

Energinet recalled that the terminal was originally scheduled to be 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.

‘It is a huge relief for us that we have been able to get the Nybro plant up and running,’ announced Energinet’s director of international relations Torben Brabo, as quoted in the company’s announcement.

Previously, from 1 October, the Baltic Pipe pipeline supplied gas from Danish fields in the North Sea and the European gas system.

According to Energinet, Baltic Pipe will reach its full capacity of 10 bcm of gas at the end of November this year.

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