Poland has presented its plans to develop the "Northern Gate" or "Norwegian corridor" gas pipeline project, a gas pipeline project that would deliver 10 bcm/year of Norwegian gas to Poland by 2022, when the current gas contract with Gazprom will expire.
The project was initially proposed in the 2000s as an extension to Poland of the Skanled gas pipeline project, linking Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It was suspended in May 2009 due to commercial risks and uncertainties regarding its environmental impact. However, the Poland-Denmark part of the gas pipeline project (Baltic Pipe) was reactivated in early 2010; this 3 bcm/year gas pipeline might be operational by 2020 (its development is subject to market opportunities). In February 2016, PGNiG revived the gas pipeline project to Norway. Statoil would be interested in exporting gas to the Polish market, but through existing infrastructures (it would not invest in the construction of such a pipeline).
Poland aims to replace its Russian gas supply with supply from western European countries and commissioned an LNG import terminal in 2016. However, the economic viability of a Norwegian gas pipeline to Poland and neighbouring countries could be limited as Gazprom is already developing the 55 bcm/year Nord Stream II gas pipeline project to Germany; the pipeline should be commissioned in 2019.