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Lukashenko’s repressions against the opposition may blow up his own plan to become independent of hydrocarbons from Russia. This is happening at a moment when the most ambitious plans are entering the stage, including the construction of a Poland-Belarus gas pipeline – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Writing responses to articles on „dumb Polacks” who don’t want cheap gas from Russia has become rather tedious. Despite that, these rebuttals need to be reiterated, especially when this kind of propaganda is published by a prestigious paper, such as the Financial Times – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) has received the first supply of liquefied natural gas delivered by sea at the LNG reloading station located in the sea port of Klaipėda, Lithuania. Since the beginning of April, when PGNiG became the sole user of the station, as many as over 50 LNG road tankers carrying a […]

The draft version of new US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 presented on the 4th of June includes a section which had not leaked to the press before. Blocking the gas pipeline’s certification increases the odds that it won’t be completed – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Enea and Energa completed their analyses on the Ostrołęka C project, which concluded that gas is the best fuel for the new unit. PKN Orlen, which joined the project as its third partner, wanted to replace coal with natural gas, which causes less emissions. This change begs further questions for the investors – writes Bartosz […]

The US is threatening new sanctions to block the Nord Stream 2 project. The measures may target gas deliveries via the controversial pipeline, but it would be truly shocking if they were imposed on Gazprom itself – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Professor Jerzy Buzek, former prime minister and current member of the ITRE Committee at the European Parliament explains the impact of the amended Gas Directive, which does not target any specific project, but protects against gas market abuse. “The fact that these regulations hurt Nord Stream so badly says a lot, but it doesn’t say […]

It is hard to present specific figures about the Yamal gas pipeline because the majority of data is a trade secret. However, it has been established that the new rules for operating the pipeline are still a hybrid solution that may change once the problematic historical contracts with Russia expire – write Wojciech Jakóbik and […]

Agata Łoskot-Strachota from the Centre for Eastern Studies writes about the consequences of applying the EU Gas Directive to the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. “One of the options Nord Stream 2 AG may choose is to divide the gas pipeline on paper into two parts: one section would run where the EU law […]

Germany’s regulatory office has officially decided not to grant the Nord Stream 2 pipeline a derogation from the EU Gas Directive, a move that could further delay the project and lower its profitability. If new US sanctions don’t stop the plan, its architects may try to use the EU law in a way that would […]