Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2017

Finland’s LNG terminals provide access to LNG deliveries outside the gas pipeline network. The major player in Finland’s LNG market is Skangas. Gasum Oy, togeth- er with Skangas, participates in Manga-consortium, which is responsible for the implementation of the LNG terminal in Tornio (Finland). Another LNG terminal project by Haminan Energia has still been in its pre-FID phase. Estonia’s Paldiski LNG terminal and Tallinn LNG terminal are both part of the 2  nd List of PCI and have been developed by Gaas OÜ and Vopak E.O. S. AS, respectively. Swedegas has an ongoing LNG terminal project in Gothenburg and it is in pre-FID phase. Baltic Connector Oy is the company responsible for the Baltic Connector project implementation in Finland. There are more than 10 underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in the BEMIP region, the majority of them being in Poland. PGNiG owns and operates seven UGS facilities connected to Poland’s gas transmission system. Energinet.dk Gas Storage owns and operates two UGS facilities in Denmark. In addition, two UGS facilities are located in Sweden and Latvia. Skallen UGS facility is owned by Swedegas. In Latvia, Inčukalns UGS is owned and managed by­ AS Conexus Baltic Grid. During recent years, the number of players entering the wholesale and retail gas market has increased in the BEMIP region. Gasum Oy has exclusive rights to sell natural gas in Finland’s market. In Poland, more than 60 companies were active in trading in gaseous fuels, in 2016; Lithuania had approximately 10 gas supply companies engaged in trade of natural gas; in Estonia, the number of gas trade companies has increased since opening the market and there were seven gas sup- ply companies active in trading of natural gas in 2016. After opening the Latvian market on 3 April 2017, more than 20 gas trading companies have been registered by now, however, it is not known how many of them will be active in the gas market.

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BEMIP Gas Regional Investment Plan 2017 

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