While expressing some “concerns,” United States President Donald Trump signed the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,” on August 2 (Whitehouse.gov, August 2)—legislation that was overwhelmingly approved by the US House of Representatives late last month – writes Ilgar Gurbanov from The Jamestown Foundation.
Qatari LNG feels at home in the Baltic Sea. More deliveries are coming
The Al Halma tanker reached the LNG terminal in Świnoujście carrying another liquid gas delivery. The Q-Flex Al- type tanker with a capacity of 210 thousand m3 has already delivered 19 LNG loads to Poland.
Maśnicki: Emissions limits may cost the energy sector even PLN 17 billion
The new BAT conclusions may increase energy bills. The representatives of the sector admit that the increase cannot be avoided. „We are on the commercial market and it is in our interest as producers to make sure the costs are as low as possible,” Jędrzej Maśnicki from the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) said in the RZECZoBIZNESIE program.
Polish Briefing: Trump signed the sanctions bill against Russia. Energy companies draft a special list
What goes on in Poland on the 4th of August.
Stępień: Market is interested in the Baltic Pipe (interview)
In an interview with BiznesAlert.pl, Tomasz Stępień Gaz-System’s President of the Management Board talks about the progress of the Baltic Pipe project. He believes that the positive result of the first stage of the open season procedure means the project will enter a fast track and will be completed in 2022.
PGNiG and Lotos looking for oil in the zachodniopomorskie voivodeship
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo and LOTOS Petrobaltic started drilling an exploratory well on the Kamień Pomorski license. According to estimates in the area where the works are being prepared in the district of Golczewo (zachodniopomorskie voivodship) there may be even 7.5 m barrels of oil equivalent (boe).
Popławski: Germans may sacrifice their interests in Ukraine for Nord Stream 2
After the US Congress decided to levy new sanctions against Russia, in Europe, Germany was especially vocal in its criticism of the move. Biznesalert.pl is talking to Konrad Popławski, an analyst at the Centre for Eastern Studies, about the reasons behind such a stance and the possibilities of blocking Nord Stream 2.
Polish Briefing: PSL calls on the president to veto the renewables amendment
What goes on in Poland on the 3rd of August.
Polish Briefing: End of Nord Stream 2? France and Germany afraid of US sanctions
What goes on in Poland on the 2nd of August.
PSE: Record-breaking power demand. Heat wave to blame
Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne, the Polish grid operator, informed that on 1 August (Tuesday) the demand for power in the morning peak of the summer period was record-breaking.