KIEV, Dec. 8 - The operators of the gas transportation system in Ukraine and Poland, Uktransgaz and Gaz-System S.A., have signed an agreement that sets down the terms for cooperating in the design and construction of a gas interconnection, Ukrtransgaz reported.

The planned Poland-Ukraine gas interconnector includes the construction of a new gas pipeline between the Hermanowice gas node on the Polish side and Bilche Volytsia on the Ukrainian side. The pipeline will have capacity for up to 5 billion cubic meters (bcm) a year in 2020.