Sunday, June 29, 2008

Iran to Sign $2bln LNG Contract with Poland

Iran to Sign $2bln LNG Contract with Poland

Iran to Sign $2bln LNG Contract with Poland

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) and Polish state-owned gas company (PGNiG) are about to sign a $2 billion LNG contract, IOOC's managing director said here on Saturday.





"Poland has recently requested to invest in Lavan gas field where the volume of in-place gas reserves amounts to around 10 trillion cubic feet (TCF)," Mahmoud Zirakchian Zadeh explained, the News Network of Iran's state-run tv reported.

"The Polish side has declared its readiness to invest in the Persian Gulf's Lavan gas field development plan to export the produced LNG gas to Poland," he added.

Zirakchian Zadeh stated that the contract will most probably be finalized.

Poland, which depends on Russia for 48 percent of its gas imports, has made diversification of supply a priority and the deal with Iran could potentially pave the way for such a move.

In recent months, PGNiG signed several deals that could allow it to import gas from countries such as Libya and Denmark, a Tehran Times report said.

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