Nord Stream 2.

„On 13 June 2017 at the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship Office in Szczecin an information meeting was held on the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The consortium responsible for the project had the opportunity to present the facts, while Polish citizens and other interested parties were able to ask questions,” writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief […]

Gazprom is pushing ahead with plans to build a second gas pipeline under the Baltic sea, straight form Russia to Germany. Supporters claim that Ukraine cannot be relied on as a transit partner, and that Europe will need more gas in the future. Georg Zachmann is unconvinced, and argues that the project should wait – […]

„The Nord Stream 2 project is slowing down and may be at least delayed. This is caused by the increasing risk related to supporting this controversial endeavor, which is upping costs for its European promoters. However, Russians introduced a red herring – fictional problems with Qatari LNG,” writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies argues that natural gas demand in Europe not neccessarily will stay high. That is the one of the main arguments after Nord Stream 2 project.

The history of the relations between Gazprom and the Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) clearly shows that without severe penalty for Gazprom, gas markets in Poland and other CEE countries will not enjoy real competition.

Hungarian think tank Regionális Energiagazdasági Kutatóközpont (REKK) published a paper called „The Impact Of The Construction Of The Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline On Gas Prices And Competition” in English.

Last Thursday Poland’s state-owned PGNiG presented its assessment of the European Commission’s settlement proposal with Gazprom, which is part of the antitrust investigation. Why is the Russian giant enjoying such exceptional leniency from Brussels? – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, Bieznesalert.pl’s chief editor.

According to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) the EC talks with Member States on granting it a negotiation mandate regarding Nord Stream 2 are coming to an end. The Commission will present the results in the next two to three weeks. The German daily also claims that Brussels may delay the project for months, or even […]

What goes in Poland on 17th of May?

A representative of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a decisive signal on Nord Stream 2 from Denmark. Poland does not want the EC to negotiate with Russia about the pipeline.