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The Świnoujście LNG terminal (also referred as Terminal LNG in Świnoujście, Polskie LNG Baltic LNG, or gazoport) is a
liquefied natural gas Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volume o ...
(LNG) import terminal at
Świnoujście Świnoujście (; ; ; meaning " Świna ivermouth"; ) is a city in Western Pomerania and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, in the extreme north-west of Poland, mainly on the islands of Usedom and Wolin, and Karsibór island, once ...
, in the extreme north-west of
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near the Polish-German border. The LNG terminal was operated by Polskie LNG S.A. (a subsidiary of Gaz-System), then by Gaz-System since 2022. The
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for construction was laid on 23 March 2011 and it took its first LNG delivery on 11 December 2015. The terminal's
regasification Regasification is a process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. LNG gasification plants can be located on land as well as on floating barges, i.e. a Float ...
capacity is . The terminal is currently being expanded and once the expansion is complete in 2023, it will have a capacity of and be able to satisfy about half of Poland's annual natural gas demand. Together with the 10 bcm of natural gas that Poland will (starting in 2023) receive annually from
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via the Baltic Pipe
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, the Świnoujście LNG terminal will allow Poland to achieve its long-term goal of becoming fully independent of
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n natural gas, which had previously been the source of almost all of the country's natural gas.


History

Discussions about the project started in 2006. The project was originally developed by PGNiG through its subsidiary Polskie LNG S.A. In January 2008, SNC-Lavalin was chosen for the front-end engineering design. The engineering, procurement and construction contract was signed with a consortium of
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,
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, Snamprogetti, and PBG. Construction started in March 2011. The first LNG delivery to the terminal was expected on 11 December 2015. After creation of Gaz-System and its separation from PGNiG, the newly created company took over the ownership of Polskie LNG S.A. The terminal was inaugurated by prime minister
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on 12 October 2015. The gas carrier has delivered the first order on 11 December 2015. The total cost of the terminal is €950 million ( PLN 3.638 billion), including PLN 888 million in grants, subsidies, and loans from the
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.


Technical description

The terminal has unloading jetty for large LNG tankers, two storage tanks and regasification train. The terminal's initial
regasification Regasification is a process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. LNG gasification plants can be located on land as well as on floating barges, i.e. a Float ...
capacity is , and this is expected to reach in 2023 once its expansion is complete.


Expansion

In June 2020, Polskie LNG and the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority signed agreements with the consortium of PORR SA and TGE Gas Engineering GmbH for the expansion of the LNG terminal. The construction of the third tank will increase the terminal's capacity from to , satisfying approximately 50% of Poland's annual gas demand. The agreements concern the expansion of the land and sea parts of the terminal. Polskie LNG will be responsible, inter alia, for the construction of a new LNG tank with a capacity of approximately and construction of the technological part of the new ship berth for unloading, loading and bunkering LNG. Upon completion of the works, the nominal regasification capacity of the terminal will increase to . The construction of the third tank is expected to be completed by 2023 and will cost approximately PLN 1.9 billion. There is a plan to create a gas corridor from the Świnoujście terminal to Adria LNG terminal in
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, . A pipeline between Poland and Slovakia was opened in 2022.


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Polskie LNG S.A.
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