On February 27, Poland hosted the inauguration of the Zambrow compressor station at the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe gas main.

Attending the ceremony on behalf of Gazprom was Alexander Ananenkov, Chairman of EuRoPol GAZ’s Supervisory Board & Deputy Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee.

The Zambrow commissioning finalizes the works at Yamal-Europe’s Polish section and enables to bring it to a 32.9 bcm nominal capacity.

“Bringing online the Zambrow compressor station is a vivid indication of deeper mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and Poland. The fully ramped up Polish section of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline will substantially enhance the reliability and flexibility of Russian gas supply both to Poland and Europe in general” maintained Alexander Ananenkov.

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The EuRoPol GAZ Transit Gas Pipeline System was incorporated in September 1993 within the Inter-Governmental Agreement on the construction of a gas pipeline system for Russian gas transit via and Russian gas deliveries to Poland, dated August 25, 1993. EuRoPol GAZ’s major businesses are designing, constructing and operating the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline.

Owning 684 km of Yamal-Europe’s Polish section, EuRoPol GAZ is the customer for the Zambrow compressor station construction project.

EuRoPol GAZ’s major shareholders are Gazprom and Polish Oil & Gas Company (PGNiG).

Poland annually consumes about 12 bcm of gas, including some 30% produced domestically. Over 2005 Poland imported 7.03 bcm of Russian gas.