The first LNG cargo arrived at Poland’s new LNG receiving terminal in Swinoujscie on Friday, marking a serious milestone in Poland’s effort to diversify its fuel provide sources and scale back its dependence on Russia.

The 210,000 cubic meters of LNG arrived aboard the Qatargas-charted Q-Flex vessel Al-Nuaman and was delivered to the Swinoujscie LNG Receiving Terminal.

The cargo is the primary of two deliberate cargoes that can be equipped by Qatargas for the cool-down and commissioning of the Polish LNG Receiving Terminal. The second cargo is predicted in February 2016, with business operations deliberate to happen within the second quarter of 2016.

The Swinoujscie LNG Receiving Terminal is designed to obtain, regasify and ship even 5.0 billion cubic meters of fuel per 12 months into the Polish switch system.

Qatargas will ship a million tons of LNG to the Receiving Terminal in Swinoujscie yearly below a 20-year Contract with PGNiG (Polish Oil & Gas).

The Swinoujscie LNG Receiving Terminal challenge consists of a brand new 3-kilometer lengthy breakwater, an unloading jetty with one berth that may be capable to unload methane carriers with the capability starting from 120,000 cubic meters to 217,000 cubic meters; two LNG storage cryogenic tanks (every with the capability of 160,000 cubic meters); regasification amenities and an 85-km pipeline becoming a member of the Receiving Terminal with the Polish fuel grid.

LNG Receiving Terminal in Swinoujscie is the one facility of its dimension within the Northern and Central-Eastern Europe.

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