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Former Prime Minister and President of the European Parliament, MEP Jerzy Buzek, talks about the dispute over the Nord Stream 2 project. – If Ukraine were in the European Union, it would not be possible to launch Nord Stream 2 at its expense. Poland is in a different situation today – indicates our interlocutor.

The European Commission has released the fourth list of investments that were given the status of projects of common interest (PCI) in the energy sector. One of those has been the LNG installation of FSRU type, based in the Port of Gdansk.

The European Parliament has hosted the participants in the discussion on the financing of the energy transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Polish companies were critical of the decision by the European Investment Bank to discontinue the financing of gas projects.

The European Commission announces that its policy will increasingly integrate the energy sector with other sectors in order to create synergies for the needs of transition. Its representative stresses the important role of natural gas in this process.

The Management Board of PGNiG announced that on November 15, 2019, after obtaining the required corporate approvals, it submitted to PAO Gazprom and OOO Gazprom Export a declaration of will to terminate the contract for the purchase and sale of natural gas to the Republic of Poland of September 25, 1996.

PGNiG announces an intensification of LNG imports in the first quarter of 2020. Even one LNG cargo is to arrive in the Świnoujście LNG terminal every week, compared to two per month presently.

Russia threatens to stop talks with Ukraine if it does not give up all claims. The German parliament wants to weaken the gas directive aimed to entrap Nord Stream 2. These are stress tests for the European Commission, which cannot be subject to Berlin and Moscow to maintain credibility in other capitals, such as Budapest […]

PGNiG Upstream Norway bought 10 percent shares in the PL636 and PL636B licenses in the North Sea from Pandion Energy, thus increasing its ownership in the Duva field to 30 percent.

An essential stage in the negotiations is to determine the initial positions, to outline the interests of the parties and the red lines beyond which they will never go – says Natalya Katser-Buchkovska in an interview for BiznesAlert.pl.

The company responsible for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has received permission to lay the Nord Stream 2 pipeline on the Danish continental shelf from the Danish Energy Agency.