Poland does not plan to renew a long-term gas supply contract with Russia when its current deal with Gazprom expires in 2022.
Polish state-run gas firm PGNiG buys up to 10.2 bcm of gas a year from Russian gas giant Gazprom, accounting for the bulk of Poland’s annual consumption of nearly 15 bcm.
“We will be aiming at a situation where a long-term contract becomes a thing of the past. If the price of Russian gas is competitive enough we do not rule out buying it, but definitely not as part of a long-term contract,” government energy official Piotr Naimski told the Reuters Eastern Europe Investment Summit at Reuters’ office in Warsaw.
In May 2015, after the failure of talks, Poland’s PGNiG filed lawsuits against Gazprom and Gazprom export with the Stockholm Court of Arbitration aiming at reducing the price for Russian gas.
