Polish Briefing: The crossing of the Baltic Pipe with Nord Stream 2 is approaching | No resolution in Polish-Czech talks about Turów

What goes on in Poland on the 30th of July.

The crossing of the Baltic Pipe with Nord Stream 2 is approaching. The builders of both pipelines have met in the Baltic Sea

The ships that build the Baltic Pipe and Nord Stream 2 work in close proximity to each other. Soon, the main line from Norway will be crossed with that from Russia.

The Castorone left Danish territorial waters and was replaced by Castoro Sei, which was building the Baltic Pipe up to the Danish coast. Castoro 10 is waiting in the port of Rotterdam to join the construction of the next phase. BiznesAlert.pl has informed that the crossing of the Baltic Pipe with Nord Stream 1 took place on July 28.

Interestingly, the builder of Nord Stream 2, the Fortuna barge, is said to be located about 20 km away from the Castorone. Both units have stopped work, which, according to Neftegaz.ru, could represent difficult weather conditions with winds up to 5 on the Beaufort scale near Bornholm. Castorone is to return to work at the crossing of the Baltic Pipe with Nord Stream 2. It has 12.48 km of pipes left to lay, which may take up to three days.

Polish-Czech talks about Turów without resolution. To be continued in August

On Thursday, July 29, 2021, the Polish and Czech sides re-entered the negotiations on KWB Turów, the Climate and Environment Ministry reports.

The Polish negotiation team included, among others, Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Climate and Environment, and Paweł Jabłoński – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the management of the General Directorate for Environmental Protection and the Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection.

During the meeting, the parties continued the discussion on the decisions that had been hammered out during the meetings at the expert level. They took place two weeks earlier, and their task was to agree on technical issues regarding the monitoring of groundwater, noise and air quality in the area of operation of the Turów mine. The next is scheduled for next Thursday, August 5.