Polonium

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Polish gas deliveries up, still no deal with Russia

Gas deliveries to Poland from Russia have increased since Monday despite the lack of a new gas deal that was meant to guarantee full supplies, a spokeswoman for Polish gas monopoly PGNiG PGNI.WA said on Tuesday.

Poland has so far failed to reach a deal with Russia that would cover an annual deficit of 2.5 billion cubic metres in gas deliveries due to a last-minute disagreement over details.

"We are receiving about 10 million cubic metres of gas more on a daily basis (than in December) and that is as much as we would be getting if we had the new contract in place," Joanna Zakrzewska said.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE6040FS20100105