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The start of Nord Stream 2 operation will be delayed at least to the second half of 2020. It is official, just take a look at the documents – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

“Building an integrated natural gas market in the Central and Eastern Europe region is one of the main objectives of the European energy policy and determines the development of gas transmission systems in the member states” said Artur Zawartko, Vice President of Gaz-System, during the “Polish Gas Hub” panel during the European Economic Congress in […]

– The countries of Central Europe, including Poland, are the most exposed to the manipulations of the dominant supplier. Gas is as needed as oil or coal in the previous century, said the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, at the 11th European Economic Congress in Katowice.

Ukraine may soon bring LNG from the USA through Poland. It is not known whether it comes to additional deliveries from the entire portfolio or a dedicated package, as in December 2017 – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

On May 2, the European Union and the United States convened a conference with the participation of entrepreneurs aiming to develop LNG supplies from the United States to Europe. We asked to comment on that prof. Jerzy Buzek, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and current chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on […]

Inferring from the facts: If the revised Directive had posed any threat to Nord Stream 2, Germany would have been opposing it much stronger – writes Grzegorz Krzyżanowski, BiznesAlert.pl co-worker from The European University Institute.

Naftogaz filed a complaint to the European Commission against Gazprom for abuses of dominance in European gas markets. The main target of the complaint is Gazprom’s construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. Nord Stream 2 is the longest submarine gas pipeline in the world, at 1,230 kilometres. Gazprom owns and […]

Poland intends to buy a floating LNG terminal, which will be mooring in the Gulf of Gdansk and will be the second source of liquefied gas for the domestic and regional market – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

In any economic analysis of Nord Stream 2 the first question to be considered is the actual cost of the project. Over the last couple of years, a variety of publications have provided widely differing cost projections. The recent data suggest that Nord Stream 2 capital investment will reach €9,5-10 billion.

In the first report for 2019, CEEP focuses on the emergence of a global LNG market and the increasing possibility of LNG import to the EU. The choice of this topic precedes the 1st EU-US High-Level Business to Business Energy Forum “Towards large-scale U.S. LNG exports to the EU’s gas market: competitive pricing, infrastructure investments […]