A gas connection between Poland and Slovakia was launched in Strachocina in the Podkarpacie region. The Prime Ministers of Poland – Mateusz Morawiecki and Slovakia – Eduard Heger attended the inauguration ceremony. The Poland-Slovakia interconnector is a two-way high-pressure gas pipeline connecting the gas hub of the national system with the Slovakian hub Velke Kapusany near the border with Ukraine.

“The gas pipeline between Poland and Slovakia is proof that north-south connections can strengthen security between our countries. It is also an investment of the Trimarium by the Central European countries which construct their security in this way”, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

The head of the Polish government thanked Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger for his personal involvement in the construction.

“This is a peace and a security pipeline, unlike Nord Stream I and II that was built by Germany and Russia, with the support of other countries, which is a pipeline of war”, said Prime Minister Morawiecki.

The Poland-Slovakia interconnector is built 61 km on the Polish side and 106 km on the Slovak side. On the Polish side, the investor was the gas transmission operator Gaz-System, on the Slovakian side – the local operator Eustream. The interconnector will have a maximum capacity of up to 4.7 bcm of gas per year towards Slovakia or 5.7 bcm towards Poland. The two-way gas connection, which has just been commissioned, runs through the municipalities of Sanok, Bukowsko and Komańcza.

The gas connection between Poland and Slovakia will be an important element of the concept of building a regional North-South Gas Corridor, which will connect the LNG Terminal in Swinoujscie and the Baltic Pipe through central and southern Poland to infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe.

New transport routes and new sources of gas will increase the ability to meet the gas demand of domestic consumers.

Arkadiusz Słomczyński