Gaz-System S.A., the operator of the Polish gas transportation system, has selected PGNiG Technologie S.A. as a contractor for building the Strahocina-Germanovichi gas pipeline, according to Gaz-System's website.

According to the report, the pipeline with a length of 72 km will be part of the eastern branch of the North-South corridor and is important for integration of the gas transportation systems of Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine.

It is planned within the project to reconstruct the Germanovichi point, from which in future it is planned to build the Germanovichi (Poland)-Bilche-Volytsia (Ukraine) interconnector.

It is planned to complete building the Strakonice-Germanovichi gas pipeline in 2019, the project cost is PLN 288 million (nearly UAH 2 billion).