The aim of the government is to extend the pipeline to Poland," Mr Wozniak was reported by Poland's PAP news agency as saying. "After six months of negotiations, we have managed to convince the Gassco group to give us access to the project," said Wozniak. Gassco's assessment of the feasibility of a subsea pipeline running around the Norwegian coast from the Karsto processing plant north of Stavanger to Sweden has evoked considerable interest, and studies have already shown that industry in southern and SE Norway as well as western Sweden are keen to buy gas from this source. An executive committee chaired by Gassco has been set up to supervise future work on developing the project to the next phase by 1 October.