"[10][11] In 2019, as part of Poland's plans to become energy independent from Russia, Piotr Wozniak, president of PGNiG, stated "The strategy of the company is just to forget about Eastern suppliers and especially about Gazprom.

From 2020 to 2021, in accord with the EU Capacity Allocation Mechanisms NC regulation 2017/459, transit was offered to all parties on a yearly, quarterly, monthly, daily and intraday basis.

[13] The pipeline was closed by the Polish government in 2022 following a payment dispute with Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and broad international sanctions.

[14] There have been at least seven interruptions, either complete suspensions or restrictions, in gas supply to Poland in the 18 years prior to April 2022.

[15] On 6 November 2021, Reuters reported that gas delivery through the Polish section had been halted, or the flow has been reversed.

Russia has been accused of intentionally reducing gas flows to Europe for political purposes, but generally high Russian domestic requirements led to this situation.

[citation needed] On 9 November 2021, westward flows into Germany were re-established, and the Kremlin pledged again to increase the delivery of natural gas to Europe.

[18] The Baltic Pipe between Norway and Poland will have the capacity to replace the roughly 60% of Polish gas imports coming from Russia via the Yamal pipeline, and is expected to be operational by the end of 2022.

[1] The Bovanenkovo–Ukhta section involved a 72 kilometres (45 mi) undersea pipeline under Baydaratskaya Bay in the southern Kara Sea.

[23] The western section of the pipeline was initially supplied by the slowly depleting gas fields in the Nadym Pur Taz District[24] of the Tyumen Oblast and not from the Yamal project.

On 1 November 2007, the Russian minister of industry and energy Viktor Khristenko said these plans had been dropped, because construction of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was preferred.