oil.

For a long time now we have been protected in case Russians stop their oil supply. We can supply the refineries in Gdańsk and Płock, as well as two refineries in Germany from the Naftoport without oil pipeline deliveries from the east. The new investment in Gdańsk increases the ability of PERN to deal with […]

What goes on in Poland on the 6th of September.

Russians are arguing that even the unconfirmed news about Nord Stream 2 being launched has caused the gas price to drop, so they are agitating for starting the pipe in the fall irregardless of the existing obstacles. The gas prices did indeed flinch because of this rumor, but hydrocarbons prices have been dropping longer and […]

On the 24th of June, the EU introduced a regulation of the Council of Europe on imposing new sanctions against Belarus for human rights violations. This time the bloc decided to undermine Belarusian economy. Will the sanctions be effective? – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, writes. What are targeted sanctions? Economic sanctions, also called targeted, […]

It is boiling hot, from Paris to the remote Syberia the temperatures are breaking records, but in the quiet, air-conditioned offices of managing boards and advisors, experts are working hard on establishing a new multi-energy company in Poland. However, the 35-degree heat and the euphoria after the victorious tie with Spain are not an excuse […]

Oil is here to stay irregardless of whether we will use it as transport fuel or not. As a resource, it constitutes an important part of the petrochemical industry, and it will be in that segment of the economy where it will play the biggest role – Paweł Poprawa, PhD. from the AGH University of […]

On the 13th of May the Russian government adopted the general framework for developing the country’s oil and gas industry until 2035 prepared by the Ministry of Energy. According to the strategy, Russia is to maximize the extraction and monetization of hydrocarbons before the world completely transitions to zero- and low-emission sources – Mariusz Marszałkowski, […]

In February the Austrian oil company OMV announced it would withdraw from the Slovenian market. Its petrol stations are to be sold to a new owner. A Slovenian business portal bizi.si claims that a few companies are interested in the purchase: Poland’s PKN Orlen, Azerbeijan’s Socar, Greece’s Coral (Shell brand) and Hungary’s MOL. This transaction […]

– The leaked audio recording with Zarif’s memories from his tenure as the MFA isn’t scandalous at all. Due to the scope of subject Zarif covers and the timing of the leak it could be argued that the recording was a pre-planned information operation – writes Łukasz Przybyszewski, contributor to BiznesAlert.pl*.

Vladimir Putin may limit the supply of diesel oil and LPG to Ukraine to destabilize the country in view of the growing tension on its eastern border and the Black Sea. In theory Poles could reduce this risk – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.