DIRECTORS' REPORT ON PGNiG SA'S OPERATIONS ... - Notowania

Chapter V: Other Activities
Directors’ Report on PGNiG S.A.’s Operations in 2008
PGNiG S.A.’s organisational unit operating under the “Other Activities” segment is the Central
Measurement and Research Laboratory Branch (Oddział Centralne Laboratorium Pomiarowo-
Badawcze) which provides services aimed at ensuring accurate and reliable measurements of natural
gas, comprising in particular calibration of measurement devices, attestation of gas meters, evaluation
of the quality of natural gas and testing of new gas equipment. The Branch also provides advisory
services, issues opinions, and provides expert reports.
In 2008, the Branch’s main areas of activity included:
• metrologic control of measurement systems on the Yamal-Europe transit gas pipeline (Polish
section),
• verification of natural gas measurement systems for the purpose of evaluation of CO2 emissions,
• measurement supervision of the process analyser systems for the evaluation of the quality of
natural gases in the transmission grids,
• validations and supervision of measurements of the field laboratories controlling the quality of
natural gases,
• cooperation with the Laboratory of Gas Standards of the Central Office of Measures
(Laboratorium Wzorców Gazowych Głównego Urzędu Miar) on the project providing for the
creation of the national quality standard for type E and type L natural gases.
The Branch provided its services mainly to EUROPOL GAZ S.A., OGP GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and the
member companies of the PGNiG Group.
The Branch intends to maintain and strengthen its leading position in the area of gas meters attestation
by providing services concerning larger equipment. The Branch plans, as the first one in Poland, to
obtain the status of a notified body in the area of testing equipment used for recalculating gas
parameters.
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