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PGNiG Upstream Norway AS, part of the PGNiG SA Group, signed a sales and purchase agreement with Equinor (formerly Statoil) to buy into the Tommeliten Alpha gas and condensate field, located in the southern part of the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the greater Ekofisk Area. The transaction marks a next step in the implementation of […]

What goes on in Poland on the 19th of October.

Gazprom’s presence in the mining sector and gas infrastructure in Europe is becoming more and more troublesome, including the contested Nord Stream 2. However, the Russians are counting on new transactions that will allow them to reach for new assets – says Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

Arbitration Court in Stockholm informed that Gazprom challenged its partial award from 30 June, in which it agreed with PGNiG that the Company has contractual grounds to request a change in prices charged by Gazprom for natural gas supplied to Poland under the Yamal Contract.

German BASF and Russian LetterOne announced the completion of negotiations on the exchange of assets. If they receive the green light from Oslo, they will challenge the Baltic Pipe in Norway, the development of the gas market in Europe, and perhaps the security of NATO – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

Whatever happens to the Nord Stream 2 project – Poland and the Baltic Pipe project partners are doing their job. There is a good chance that the new gas corridor will guarantee security and competitiveness to Poland and its neighbors, writes Teresa Wójcik, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

On 12 June, Norway’s ministers of defence and foreign affairs announced that the Norwegian government and parliament had granted approval for the rotational stationing of the US Marines to continue in Norway for the next five years and for an increase of the US contingent from 330 to 700 soldiers. Soldiers from the US Marine […]

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the geological documentation and development plans for two fields in which PGNiG Upstream Norway holds interests. Production is planned to begin in 2020.

– Our goal is to create a competitive and diversified gas market and to ensure energy security of Poland. The Baltic Pipe project will contribute to the achievement of this goal – said Tomasz Stępień, President of the Management Board of GAZ-SYSTEM, at the 3rd Polish Scientific Conference “Energy security – pillars and development prospects”. […]

According to dr. Mariusz Ruszel from the Rzeszów University of Technology and the Ignacy Łukaszewicz Institute of Energy Policy, Germany joins the energy partnership with Russia to receive gas cheaper than other European Union countries. He appeared at the Third National Scientific Conference: „Energy policy. Pillars and the prospect of development” under the patronage of […]