GAZ-SYSTEM has carried out technical commissioning of all three gas compressor stations being developed and built as part of the Baltic Pipe project. Their main task will be to distribute gas imported from the Norwegian Shelf into Poland.

The first commissioned question was the technical readiness for operation of the gas compressor station in Odolanów, followed by Goleniów and finally the technical commissioning of the greenfield gas compressor station in Gustorzyn. All facilities are currently in the process of gasification and finishing work.

Thanks to the expansion of the two existing compressor stations and the construction of a new one in Gustorzyn, the total gas compression capacity in the national transmission system will increase by more than 50%, which will significantly improve the flexibility and operational security of the transmission network. “The technical commissioning of these three compressor stations means that gas delivered via the Baltic Pipe offshore gas pipeline, supplied at the appropriate pressure, will be able to reach customers throughout Poland,” said Tomasz Stępień, President of GAZ-SYSTEM.

The gas compressor station in Odolanów, located in Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, is the largest compressor station of the Baltic Pipe project in Poland. After expansion and commissioning, the capacity of this compressor station will increase by 30 MW, and the throughput will range from 280,000 cubic metres per hour to 1,380,000 cubic metres per hour of gas.

The second gas compressor station is located in Goleniów in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The capacity of the compressor station will increase by 25 MW after the completion of the expansion.

The third Baltic Pipe gas compressor station is located in Gustorzyn, in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship. It has been equipped with three compressor units with a total capacity of 20 MW. This facility will control gas flows in central Poland.

The Baltic Pipe project is one of the largest infrastructure investments in Poland. The European Commission has granted the investment the status of “Project of Common Interest”. The project has received financial support from the European Union under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

Adrian Andrzejewski