The appointment of the Polish Geological Agency (PAG) at the expense of the Polish Geological Institute (PIG) is a mistake – believes Sławomir Marek Brodziński, former Main Geologist of the Country in 2013-2015. In an interview with the BiznesAlert.pl portal, he stated that the belief that PAG will be the guardian of state interests is a confabulation.
Polish Briefing: The strategy for heating industry is underway
What goes on in Poland on the 6th of June.
PGNiG will be a strategic gas supplier for Grupa Azoty until 2022
On May 23, 2019 companies from Grupa Azoty submitted statements to PGNiG SA (Polish Oil and Gas Company) extending the validity of contracts for the supply of natural gas until September 30, 2022.
OSW: A ‘last-minute’ transit contract? Russia-Ukraine-EU gas talks
On 21 January another round of trilateral gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union was held in Brussels. This meeting mainly concerned the new Russian-Ukrainian transit contract; the transit contract currently in force between Gazprom and Naftogaz will expire as of 1 January 2020. During the meeting, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič submitted proposals to the parties concerning the parameters of a new contract transit, but did not make them public. The meeting was the latest in this series of trilateral gas talks; the previous round was held in Berlin in July 2018. In Brussels Russia declared its willingness to conclude a new transit agreement, although it highlighted the need for the legal dispute between Naftogaz and Gazprom to be resolved before that could happen – write Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota and Sławomir Matuszak, analysts of OSW.
Polish Briefing: PGNiG to extract gas from Ærfugl deposit in the Norwegian Sea
What goes on in Poland on the 5th of June.
Polish Briefing: Still no successor of the current head of the ERO
What goes on in Poland on the 4th of June.
Time for nuclear offset
US involvement in the Polish nuclear project is the only hope for its implementation. It’s time to decide whether Polish concessions for the largest ally will turn to a stable source of nuclear energy supplies – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.
Sakławski: Price diktat on the energy market in Poland?
The chairman of the Energy Regulatory Office sent a notice to the prosecutor’s office concerning possible manipulations of energy prices on the Polish Power Exchange in the second half of 2018. In an interview with BiznesAlert.pl, Jan Sakławski, attorney-at-law, associate at Law Firm Brysiewicz and Partners states that current capital structure of the energy market brings forth the risk of a price diktat, which will not be removed by the submitted notice.
Polish Briefing: Lack of success of the far-right is good news for Ukraine
What goes on in Poland on the 3rd of June.
Who is trying to blow up the Polish capacity market?
Can an economic think tank from outside Poland employing a few people blow up the Polish capacity market on which the energy security of Poland is now relying? – wonders Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief of BiznesAlert.pl.