Poland's Orlen has delivered a record number of LNG cargoes to the Swinoujscie LNG terminal, with most shipments originating from the US.
According to an Orlen statement, the firm received 81 shipments at the Polish LNG terminal, up 20 from the previous year.
The total volume of seaborne LNG imports reached almost 6 million tonnes, representing an increase of 30 percent year-on-year.
Orlen noted that the increase in LNG deliveries to the Gaz-Sytem-operated Swinoujscie facility was enabled by the terminal expansion, completed towards the end of 2024.
As a result, its annual regasification capacity rose from 6.2 billion to 8.3 bcm.
Despite this substantial increase, utilisation of the Swinoujście terminal remained close to 100 percent, giving it the highest utilisation rate among European LNG terminals, Orlen said.
US LNG cargoes
Orlen said the majority of LNG deliveries to Swinoujscie originated from the US, or 62 cargoes in 2025.
Moreover, Qatar accounted for 17 shipments, with individual deliveries also sourced from Trinidad and Tobago and Senegal.
Most LNG volumes were supplied under long-term contracts, supplemented by spot market purchases, which accounted for more than a third of the LNG volume delivered in 2025.
Orrlen noted this sourcing model enhances flexibility and helps mitigate supply-side risks in the global LNG market.
Olren has contracts with US LNG exporters Venture Global and Cheniere, and QatarEnergy LNG, as well as contracts with US exporter Sempra, under which deliveries have not yet commenced.
In addition to the near-full utilisation of domestic regasification capacity, LNG delivered by Orlen last year was also exported for the first time to destinations including Japan, Turkiye, the United Kingdom, and Egypt, the firm said.
The company also uses the Swinoujscie terminal to import gas that is subsequently exported to Ukraine.
Orlen’s LNG import capabilities will increase further with the completion of Poland’s second LNG terminal – the FSRU-based facility in the Gulf of Gdańsk.
Orlen previously booked 6.1 bcm per year of regasification capacity at Gaz-System’s FSRU-based LNG import facility in Gdansk.
Once the FSRU is commissioned, the total capacity of Poland’s LNG infrastructure will rise to approximately 14 billion cubic metres per year, strengthening Poland’s energy security and Orlen’s regional position, it said.
LNG carrier fleet
Orlen noted that the use of its chartered LNG carrier fleet in supplying gas to Poland also increased significantly.
In 2025, Orlen vessels handled 12 deliveries to Swinoujscie, with a total volume of approximately 782 thousand tonnes of LNG, compared with teo deliveries and around 140 thousand tonnes of liquefied gas a year earlier.
The fleet was expanded with the addition of two new LNG carriers – Jozef Piłsudski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski – owned by Norway’s Knutsen and built by South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Orlen noted that its fleet currently comprises six vessels and will expand by two more in 2026. (February 10, 2026, Source: https://lngprime.com/europe/polands-orlen-sets-record-in-lng-deliveries/177329/)
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