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PGNiG will announce the future of the Yamal contract this year. Why should it not be prolonged? – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

If information from Denmark is confirmed, it will turn out that this country may influence the Nord Stream 2 project, delaying it thanks to efficient diplomacy with Poland’s participation – says Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

Six months have passed since the settlement of the European Commission and Gazprom in the course of the antitrust investigation. According to Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, it did not bring the expected improvement in the market situation, and the Commission avoids answering questions on this subject.

Once completed in 2022, a gas link between Poland and Norway will hinder Russia’s Gazprom monopoly on gas supplies, putting an end to a phenomenon that has lasted for several decades – writes Janusz Kowalski, a member of the Energy Security Team at the Chancellery of President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and a former Vice […]

– Ideally and directionally, we support Baltic Pipe as opposition, but we see threats facing the implementation of this project. The Danish side also contacted the Baltic Pipe with the opposition – said Włodzimierz Karpiński, the former Treasury Minister, vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Treasury, deputy of Platforma Obywatelska in an interview […]

Gazprom’s love hurts even his closest allies. This makes them sometimes go to the Poles’ side – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

Russia has mastered the pipeline diplomacy. In fact, coercive energy policy became Moscow globally recognized trademark. Yet, the Russian aggression against Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea in November 2018 showcased that Moscow is ready to go beyond political and economic tools to protect what it defines as its critical infrastructure – write Julian Wieczorkiewicz and Dominik […]

On 20 February, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU Council (COREPER) endorsed a compromise version of the amendments to the gas directive which had been agreed a week earlier during the tripartite ‘trilogue’ meeting with the European Parliament & European Commission. This almost certainly guarantees that, after the last few formal steps are […]

Berlin’s handling of the controversial Nord Stream 2 project reveals double standards and neglect of the pipeline’s security repercussions.

The Ukrainian Energy Forum is starting. Ukrainians are in a better situation than a few years ago and are bargaining with Poland for gas supply conditions. However, the good streak may soon end – warns Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.