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Two weeks after the Biden administration waived congressionally mandated sanctions on Nord Stream AG, the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the first link of the subsea line is completed and ready for testing (Vesti.ru, June 4). But the Russian president knows it is too early for a […]

Despite the perturbations that have undermined the construction of an onshore section of the Baltic Pipe in Denmark, the expansion of the Norwegian Corridor continues. The construction of the so-called tie-in to the Europipe II gas pipeline under the North Sea is one of the most advanced sections of the entire project – Mariusz Marszałkowski, […]

If Russia was not Russia I would trust their government announcements and would say that we need an agreement for hydrogen imports. But we need to remember about Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea, Donbass and many different issues. It is not that I do not want. We cannot blindly trust – Jean-Michel Glachant, Florence School of Regulation […]

Russia wants to again use gas for political purposes and force Ukraine to make concessions in turn for maintaining gas transit across its territory, even if Nord Stream 2 is completed. The outline of the deal is now emerging before the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva. In this game Poland may become the guardian of the […]

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, […]

„The Russian newspaper Vzglyad commented on BiznesAlert.pl’s piece about the plan to subject the capacity of the Polish section of the Yamal gas pipeline to regulations. Russians are threatening Gazprom will take revenge in court and argue that the Polish plan is an argument for Nord Stream 2. This is just a swan song, because […]

The construction of the Baltic Pipe on the Baltic Sea has taken off, but if Poland wants to remain independent of Gazprom, it needs to invest in diversification projects. However, in view of the stricter climate policy such plans may be a lot more difficult to finance.  In 2023 Warsaw may need either from Russia […]

– Ukrainian gas transit system operator is geared up to receive as much as 6.6 bcm from Poland annually. And that  does not require a new interconnector – says Olga Bielkova Corporate Affairs Director in Ukrainian GTS Operator OGTSUA.

The Orthodox Easter in Ukraine was marked by questionable staff reshuffles at Naftogaz, the counterpart of PGNiG. These adjustments may complicate the dispute over Nord Stream 2 at a key moment and undermine the efforts of, among others, Poland – Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl, writes.

During a Senate session, Piotr Naimski, the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastrcuture, stated that the offshore construction of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline may end already this year, and the first ship that is being prepared to build the pipe is to set out to the Baltic Sea from Rotterdam on the 5th of […]