GAS.

„Hopes that being agreeable will keep the flow of Russian gas to Europe are false. Moscow is escalating to reduce support for Ukraine. The remedy is the seventh package of sanctions undermining the Russian gas sector and preparing for the worst,” writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Poland is to have gas for the winter. Additional extraction and contracts are to fill up the Baltic Pipe, and the rest can come from the exchange, provided that it will not run out of gas because of Russia – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Climate has always taken a back seat, but the narrative pushed it to the front. The war in Ukraine has revealed that security is the priority, says proffesor Mariusz Ruszel from Rzeszów University of Technology, President of the Ignacy Łukasiewicz Institute for Energy Policy in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

„Gas supply to Poland will not be at risk. The situation is volatile but we are prepared for any scenario,” says Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

Former CEO of PGNiG Piotr Woźniak warns that filling the capacity of the Baltic Pipe can be time-consuming and costly, and according to him, everything was ready in 2019. „Perhaps the negotiations should start from the beginning, and it’s already May, so there are fewer than seven months left until December, when the Baltic Pipe […]

Ukrainian gas transit system operator GTSOU and gas provider Naftogaz ask German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the German Regulatory Authority, the Bundesnetzagentur (“BNetzA”), to revoke the existing legal exemptions for Nord Stream 1 (“NS1”). According to GTSOU and Naftogaz, the rationale for granting NS1 exemptions is no longer valid and […]

One of our proposals to Europe to increase the security of supply is to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 1. The gas should flow through Ukraine. It would increase Russian dependence on Ukraine. We can easily transit more with ample free capacities – states Ukrainian gas transmission system operator GTSOUA boss Serhiy Makogon to BiznesAlert.com.

It is said that Russians came up with the doctrine of de-escalation by escalation. It’s about using tactical nuclear weapons to conduct a limited attack on an area that is of little importance in order to discourage the opponent from fighting. This doctrine can be used to explain another phase of the game pursued by […]

Przemysław Wacławski, Vice-President of the Management Board for Finance at PGNiG explains in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl his company’s agreement with US’s Sempra on new LNG supplies. „Diversification remains the key. Thanks to it, we increase security of supply and do not allow one player to gain such a position as to be able to […]

Russians sanctioned EuRoPol GAZ, a company where Russia has 48 percent of shares and which owns the Yamal gas pipeline. However, this poses no treat to gas supply, as Russia had already stopped providing gas to Poland, writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief BiznesAlert.pl.