Schmitt: Final USA sanctions will stop Nord Stream 2 (INTERVIEW)

– Moscow tries to project a false sense of Nord Stream 2 momentum ahead of what are likely the final sanctions actions that the US Congress will take that will de facto stop the project for many years if not for good – argues Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt, Harvard University, and Former U.S. State Department […]

Victory over Gazprom is reflected in PGNiG’s record results

In the nine months to September 30th 2020, the PGNiG Group’s EBITDA and EBIT came in at nearly PLN 10.7bn and more than PLN 8.24bn, respectively. Despite low prices of oil and gas and the global economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the PGNiG Group once again delivered robust financial performance and strong operating […]

Marszałkowski: Gazprom’s lobbyists believe in Joe Biden. Are they right?

„The presidency of Joe Biden paves the way for a deal between Germany and the United States to resolve the conflict over Nord Stream 2,” says an article published by the government-sponsored Russian information agency TASS. Such opinions are increasingly popular in the press, but many come from lobbyists hired by Gazprom – Mariusz Marszałkowski, […]

Polish Briefing: More gas for Baltic Pipe incoming

Polish PGNiG informs that the drilling of an exploration well on the Warka prospect in licence PL1009 in the Norwegian Sea has been successfully completed. The well is located in an area where PGNiG Upstream Norway has conducted hydrocarbon exploration and production operations for many years now. Preliminary estimates put the recoverable resources of the […]

Należyty: The future of gas hinges on hydrogen (INTERVIEW)

The future of natural gas power stations depends on hydrogen. In the coming decades this fuel may replace gas in our heating and power plants. Europe’s financial institutions do not want to finance natural gas anymore, and are introducing new emission requirements. Blending natural gas with hydrogen is an opportunity to lower the emissions of […]

How a petition against the Baltic Pipe failed in Denmark

The opposition to the Baltic Pipe, a gas pipeline that will transmit Norwegian gas via Denmark to Poland, has taken various forms, but its scale has been too small to impact the project’s progression. Legislation initiated by the investment’s opponents, who claimed it should be stopped for social and environmental reasons, could have been a […]

EU methane strategy. What will change? (ANALYSIS)

On the 14th of October this year, the European Commission adopted the EU methane strategy. The 21-page document provides a framework for an EU policy on decreasing the emissions of the second most important greenhouse gas in the 2030 and 2050 perspectives. Contrary to the fight against CO2 emissions, the EU may play a key […]

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