Poland.

In spite of the turmoil caused by historical disputes, Poland’s eastern policy is sticking to the energy sector. PGNiG is expanding its operations in Ukraine, oil companies break the deadlock in Lithuania. Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine and Moldova together criticize the project that helps Russia’s dominance in the gas market – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, […]

What goes on in Poland on the 14th of March.

What goes on in Poland on the 13th of March.

Rafał Miland, Vice-President of PERN talks about fruits of the merger, infrastructure plans and other issues related to the operation of company’s transmission pipeline operator.

What goes on in Poland on the 9th of March.

After an unfavourable verdict from a Stockholm arbitration court in its dispute with Naftogaz, Gazprom has unilaterally refused to deliver gas to Ukraine that should have started in March. With the politically motivated decision, the Russian company is trying to hit Ukraine during the severe cold of winter with the hope of undermining its reputation […]

The revelations of the Ukrainian government suggest that the Russian Gazprom deliberately triggered a crisis of gas supplies to Ukraine through a ruse that is to prove that Russia is not a reliable supplier for Europe – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

What goes on in Poland on the 8th of March.

During the Lotos Group conference on the results for the fourth quarter and the whole 2017, the CEO, Marcin Jastrzębski, announced that the company will invest in alternative fuels and that less and less oil from Russia reaches the Gdańsk Refinery.

The hybrid gas war I wrote about continues. Gazprom has already lost its clients in Ukraine, and its activities consolidate the society around the authorities in Kiev, which may strengthen the resistance to Russia. For Poles this is the perspective of enhanced cooperation, which will, however, require a tough market game – says Wojciech Jakóbik, […]