U.S., as energy exporter, affecting geopolitics in Europe
It’s been a long time coming for Poland—on the order of three years.
Back in the fall of 2014, the government of Poland sent its energy company executives to the U.S. to engage in official talks with the goal of securing LNG supplies and pricing for a new LNG import terminal in Swinoujscie that was under construction at the time and became operational in 2015.
The goal: get off of its dependency on Russian natural gas.
Today the wait ended when an LNG tanker showed up, and was photographed waiting for four tug boats to help it enter the Świnoujście LNG Terminal in northwestern Poland.
The PLN 3 billion (EUR 715 million) facility in Świnoujście was built to allow Poland to diversify its gas supplies and reduce its dependence on Russia, the Polish News reported
An aide to the Polish president announced in April that Poland would be the first country in the region to receive a one-off shipment of liquid natural gas from the U.S.
U.S. Ambassador to Poland Paul Jones said that the terminal would give Poland an opportunity to become a regional gas hub.
