Commissioning of the gas pipeline from Volyn region (Ukraine) to Hrubieszów County (Poland) is expected in July next year. \n \nThis was reported by Mykhailo Derkach, head of the main gas pipeline management department of Lvivtransgaz of Ukrtransgaz JSC, at a briefing in Lviv. \n \n"We have 1.7 km of the route left to the border, and the Poles, on their side, have already started construction. We hope that on the first of July gas will already flow to Poland," said M. Derkach. \n \nAccording to him, testing is currently underway, and installation of a gas distribution station in Ustyluh, near the border with Poland, will begin soon. \n\nM. Derkach expressed the opinion that these works will be completed by the new year. After that, it will be up to the Polish builders. \n\nIn turn, Marek Kossowski, president of Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (Poland), reported that his company is preparing documents for submission and approval to various state institutions of Ukraine and Poland. \n\nAccording to him, pipeline testing is already planned for May-June in order to launch it in operating mode on July 1. \n\nThe throughput capacity of this gas pipeline is 300-500 million cubic meters per year. The approximate cost of the project for the Ukrainian side is UAH 30 million. \n