(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 16 SET - Poland aims at constructing an undersea gas pipeline Poland-Denmark-Norway by 2022, the year in which Poland's deal with Russia's Gazprom is set to expire, Polskie radio reported. "The plans to link deposits in Norway with the Polish gas transmission system will definitely succeed this time. There is a favourable political and economic situation", the Government's representative for energy infrastructure, Piotr Naimski said, suggesting that there was now a green light by the authorities of the three countries to complete the project. Two previous attempts at the link have failed - the first proposal failed in 2001 due to concerns about the cost of Norwegian gas, while a second one was unsuccessfully made in 2007.

The Polish natural gas and oil company, Pgnig, which is expected to have a role in the project, currently extracts around half a billion cubic metres of gas per year in Norway.

Pgnig plans to increase the volume to 2-2.5 billion cubic metres by 2022.

The pipeline is part of wider attempts to diversify Poland's energy supplies. An Lng terminal was also opened earlier this year, allowing Poland to import gas from Qatar. (ANSA).