Poland restricts access to LNG terminal to protect critical infrastructure

Polish authorities will restrict access to the area around the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Świnoujście on the Baltic Sea coast from Thursday. The Ministry of the Interior reports this on its website. Poland is tightening protection of its critical infrastructure in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

People will not be allowed to come within 200 meters of the terminal.

Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński said in a statement that the measure was being introduced „in light of experience from recent months“. In this context, he mentioned damage to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea and the detention in Poland of people suspected of „preparing acts of sabotage“ on the orders of Russian intelligence services.

About 30 percent of the gas Poland consumes annually enters the country through the LNG terminal in Świnoujście. „The facility is of strategic importance to the functioning of the Polish economy and the energy security of Poles,“ the statement said.