Nord Stream 2.

Gas prices are approaching the peak last seen right after Russia attacked Ukraine. The fate of deliveries via Nord Stream 1 is uncertain, despite concessions to the disputed turbine. Gazprom is pursuing the Kremlin’s political goal of paralyzing the West with uncertainty. It can turn off the gas tap at any time anyway. Paradoxically, this […]

Ukrainian gas transit system operator GTSOU and gas provider Naftogaz ask German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the German Regulatory Authority, the Bundesnetzagentur (“BNetzA”), to revoke the existing legal exemptions for Nord Stream 1 (“NS1”). According to GTSOU and Naftogaz, the rationale for granting NS1 exemptions is no longer valid and […]

One of our proposals to Europe to increase the security of supply is to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 1. The gas should flow through Ukraine. It would increase Russian dependence on Ukraine. We can easily transit more with ample free capacities – states Ukrainian gas transmission system operator GTSOUA boss Serhiy Makogon to BiznesAlert.com.

The European Greens have called for an import ban on coal, oil and gas from Russia. Our strength in responding to Putins brutal and appealing attack in Ukraine lies in our unity. We are calling the European Union to react decisively. – says German MEP Henrike Hahn (Greens) in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

The Russians may be cooking a new gas crisis for Europe in May, but it will probably be the last one in history, because the Old Continent is to become independent of Russia’s fossil fuels. It is only a matter of time and political will, as follows from the European Commission’s REPowerEU plan – writes […]

Not terminated, not dismantled, the Nord Stream 2 project is officially on hold, and some in Germany are still hoping to use this bloodstained pipe in the future, writes Mykhailo Gonchar, the chief editor of the Black Sea Security Journal and president of The Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”.

„Due to the situation in Ukraine, in Europe, talks on accelerating the construction of new LNG terminals have started. Also, in Poland, we are analyzing scenarios related to the faster implementation of the FSRU project, i.e. the floating LNG terminal in the Gdańsk Bay,” says the president of Gaz-System Tomasz Stępień in an interview with […]

It is probably impossible to avoid the costs of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. They will increase proportionally to the indecisiveness of the EU and NATO. Therefore, an embargo on gas and oil from Russia should be considered, and until a consensus is reached, the supply from this direction should be limited in order to […]

Poland’s Energy Policy until 2040 was to be updated in 2023 at the latest. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it necessary to update it immediately and, in accordance with the recommendations of the European Commission, to maintain the independence of our sector from Russian gas – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Hydrogen diplomacy is a long-term solution, for the next 5-15 years. We need a solution to avoid an invasion now – states Yuriy Virenko, Naftogaz CEO, in an interview for BiznesAlert.com.