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Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Strategic Infrastructure Piotr Naimski talks about the progress of the Baltic Pipe project and new realities on the gas market in Poland after 2022, which may lead the authorities to invest in the FSRU in the Gulf of Gdansk.

The Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project is primarily perceived in terms of a political venture that goes against basic EU principles and poses threat to European solidarity. It was backed by Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German government despite objections from some of EU and NATO member states and from the European Commission, […]

Gentlemen, let’s count the votes! Germany is missing one country to gather a minority blocking the revision of the gas directive that could entrap Nord Stream 2. They are also working on the Romanian Presidency to steady on – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

50 vessels delivered liquefied natural gas to the LNG Terminal in Świnoujście (counting from the first delivery in December 2015). Over 4,000 tank trucks were loaded at the terminal. 9,6 million m3 – this volume of LNG was delivered to the terminal by 49 methane carriers to date. Nearly 130,000 m3 – this volume of […]

PGNiG strengthens its position in the small-scale LNG market, with almost 18% more liquefied gas dispatched by the Company from Świnoujście last year than in 2017.

The Baltic Pipe Project has been granted the subsidy for construction works under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) by the European Commission. The maximum allocated support amounts to nearly EUR 215 million. This decision emphasizes the significance of the project for the creation of the European gas market and strengthening the security of supply in […]

PGNiG Upstream Norway, a Norwegian subsidiary of the PGNiG Group, obtained three new licenses from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy as part of the annual APA 2018 (Awards in Predefined Areas) licensing round. On two of them the company will act as the operator.

On Sunday, January 27th 2019, PGNiG Polish Oil and Gas Company will receive another load of liquefied natural gas. It will be the 50th delivery to the President Lech Kaczyński LNG Terminal in Świnoujście. Thus the total LNG volume purchased so far by PGNiG will amount to approximately 5.7 bcm after regasification.

If weather and other conditions do not improve, it is doubtful that both Nord Stream 2 threads will become operative until the end of 2019 – writes Mariusz Marszałkowski, a colleague at BiznesAlert.pl.

Just last Thursday, the Poles celebrated the inauguration of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and now Romania is accelerating work on the revision of the Gas Directive. This is a chance to delay or block Nord Stream 2 – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.