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The plan to mix up dirty oil from Russia is in question. However, this is not the responsibility of the Germans or Poles, but only Russians, whose foul oil locks the Druzhba oil pipeline. Something else is suggested by the Russian media. Talks on this topic took take place last Friday in Warsaw – writes […]

The US announcement about sanctioning Nord Stream 2 companies requires EC to take a relevant action and speak up. Although, due to the political reasons (EU’s states involvement in NS2), it is difficult for EC to fully team up with US on sanctions against Nord Stream 2, this situation begs for a vocal reaction from […]

The start of Nord Stream 2 operation will be delayed at least to the second half of 2020. It is official, just take a look at the documents – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

– The countries of Central Europe, including Poland, are the most exposed to the manipulations of the dominant supplier. Gas is as needed as oil or coal in the previous century, said the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, at the 11th European Economic Congress in Katowice.

On May 2, the European Union and the United States convened a conference with the participation of entrepreneurs aiming to develop LNG supplies from the United States to Europe. We asked to comment on that prof. Jerzy Buzek, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and current chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on […]

Naftogaz filed a complaint to the European Commission against Gazprom for abuses of dominance in European gas markets. The main target of the complaint is Gazprom’s construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. Nord Stream 2 is the longest submarine gas pipeline in the world, at 1,230 kilometres. Gazprom owns and […]

Breaks in oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline to Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Germany are an opportunity to discuss the diversification of gas supplies. Polish refineries increase its import from other than eastern directions, thanks to what, PKN Orlen for example could work without deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline even […]

In any economic analysis of Nord Stream 2 the first question to be considered is the actual cost of the project. Over the last couple of years, a variety of publications have provided widely differing cost projections. The recent data suggest that Nord Stream 2 capital investment will reach €9,5-10 billion.

The gas directive which should cover Nord Stream 2 was adopted. Preparations aiming to comply the directive with the EU law has started. Now it will start a real race against the time, says Mariusz Marszałkowski from College of Europe, and cooperator of BiznesAlert.pl.

Even after a political rapprochement between Russia and NATO, Moscow saw the Alliance in terms of a hostile institution and expressed marginal interest in promoting greater cooperation within its structures. Endeavors to bring Russia and NATO closer, while deepening their mutual ties, were aimed at boosting the Kremlin’s influence on the Alliance’s activities – writes Director […]