The Polish government has approved the extension of the contract on Russian natural gas deliveries to Poland until 2037, which stipulates the increase of gas supplies to 11 billion cu m from this year.
The agreement was signed on January 27 in Moscow by Russia's energy giant Gazprom, Poland's energy company PGNiG and gas pipeline operator EuRoPol GAZ. PGNiG CEO Michal Szubski earlier said that the accords signed directly with Gazprom provided a possibility to stabilize Poland's gas balance.
Poland annually consumes about 13.7 billion cu m of natural gas, of which domestic gas supplies account for about 30%. In 2009, Gazprom supplied 9 billion cu m to Poland.
