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Poland has recorded its highest-ever daily level of gas exports, as rising demand from Ukraine, which has been suffering a winter energy crisis amid Russian attacks, pushed up cross-border flows.
Daily gas exports rose to 13.9 million cubic metres on Tuesday, mostly to Ukraine, according to data from Polish transmission operator Gaz-System. That came days after Poland increased its export capacity to help supply its eastern neighbour.
Wysoka przepustowość i odporność infrastruktury, stabilny, a także bezpieczny przesył oraz zaufanie partnerów międzynarodowych.#GAZSYSTEM notuje kolejne dobowe rekordy⤵️
✅115,4 mln m3 – rekordowy przesył gazu;
✅13,9 mln m3 – rekordowy eksport na 🇱🇹Litwę i 🇺🇦Ukrainę.… pic.twitter.com/cGKEk5E9jG— GAZ-SYSTEM (@GAZ_SYSTEM) February 4, 2026
The surge in exports pushed total transmission through the national gas network in Poland – which itself imports most of its gas from abroad, particularly Norway, the United States and Qatar – to 115.4 million cubic metres in a single day, which was also a new record.
Monthly volumes have also climbed. In January, gas transport through the system exceeded 3 billion cubic metres, with average daily transmission of about 97 million cubic metres. That was 45% higher than a year earlier, due to colder weather and growing domestic gas use and exports.
From the start of February, Poland began boosting its capacity for gas exports to Ukraine. It will rise around 20%, from 15.3 million cubic metres per day previously to 18.4 million cubic metres by the end of April.
Last year, Poland had already taken steps to increase supplies to Ukraine. Shipments in 2025 rose thirteenfold compared to 2024, reports financial news service Money.pl
Poland will increase capacity for gas exports to Ukraine from the beginning of February, helping its neighbour deal with a winter heating crisis caused by Russian attacks
Ukraine's energy minister "thanked our Polish partners for their consistent support" https://t.co/W1JuZNfWfm
— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) January 28, 2026
“Export results are tangible proof that Poland is becoming a gas hub,” said Gaz-System’s CEO, Sławomir Hinc.
He noted that Poland’s gas supplies are well-diversified, with a quarter coming through the Świnoujście LNG terminal (mainly from the US and Qatar), a quarter via the Baltic Pipe that brings gas from Norway, a quarter from domestic production and storage, and the rest from Germany through the Lasów interconnector and reverse flows on the Yamal pipeline.
Gaz-System said it was able to handle the current winter peak without disruption thanks to investments made over the past two decades. These included the expansion of domestic and cross-border pipeline connections, additional gas storage capacity and the development of the LNG terminal in Świnoujście.
Further expansion is underway, centred on a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) terminal in Gdańsk. The terminal is scheduled to begin operations in early 2028 and is expected to enable annual LNG imports of up to 6.1 billion cubic metres.
The latest highs come after a series of records in Poland’s energy system in January, when freezing temperatures – dropping below -20 degrees in many places – drove gas consumption and power generation to historic peaks.
Poland has been ramping up its use of gas in recent years as it gradually moves away from coal, which still produces most of the country’s electricity and is also burned to heat around a third of its homes.
By November, an annual record amount of gas had already been traded on the Polish Power Exchange (TGE). By the end of the year, total trading reached just under 209 terawatt hours (TWh), up 52.8% from 2024 and 15.6% above the previous record set in 2021.
To support Ukraine during its winter heating crisis, Poland has also transferred hundreds of power generators and heaters from the government’s strategic reserves to Kyiv.
The Polish government is sending 379 power generators to Ukraine, where Russian attacks have left many without heat and power
The city of Warsaw is providing an additional 90 generators, while a public appeal has raised €1.6 million to buy more equipment https://t.co/DzFlZ1bXe7
— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) January 24, 2026
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Main image credit: Gaz-System (press materials)
Alicja Ptak is deputy editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland and a multimedia journalist. She has written for Clean Energy Wire and The Times, and she hosts her own podcast, The Warsaw Wire, on Poland’s economy and energy sector. She previously worked for Reuters.
