Polish state-owned gas pipeline operator Gaz-System said Tuesday it signed three agreements for natural gas shipment using a pipeline between Poland and the Czech Republic.
The pipeline with an annual capacity of 500 million cubic meters will open in 2011, Gaz-System said.
The company signed agreements with state-controlled gas firm PGNiG (PGN.WA), and privately held companies Handen and KRI.
Gaz-System also signed a cooperation agreement with RWE Transgas Net sro, the Czech unit of Germany's RWE AG (RWE.XE).
The pipeline to the Czech Republic will be Poland's second that will connect to a gas pipeline system of other European Union countries.
The pipeline will be 30-kilometers long, with 20-kilometers of it located in Poland.