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OSW Commentary | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Dangerous liaisons A quick and coordinate withdrawal from Russian gas is proving hard for the EU

The REPowerEU proposals announced on 18 May confirm the EU’s desire to end its dependence on Russian energy. Nonetheless, it illustrates the problems associated with the process of withdrawing from Russian gas, and above all with the rapid…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

A strategic gas alliance between the EU the US

On 25 March, US President Joe Biden and the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen announced a ‘Joint Statement between the European Commission and the United States on Europe’s Energy Security’. It emphasised the…
OSW Commentary | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

The EU gas market and policy and the war in Ukraine

Neither the ongoing war in Ukraine nor the rising tensions between Russia and the West and the sanctions imposed by the latter have yet translated into disruptions of Russian gas supplies to the EU. However, they are unequivocally…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota

The Nord Stream 2 project is frozen due to Russias aggression against Ukraine

On 22 February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that he had instructed the economy minister Robert Habeck to withdraw the positive assessment of the impact of launching the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipeline on the security of gas…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Preparing for a crisis on the European gas market

Due to the increasing risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the growing tension in Russia’s relations with the West, and the persistent challenges on the European gas and energy market, information is being released about the plans to…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Germanys non-paper defending Nord Stream 2 addressed to the members of the US Congress

On 28 November, the American news website Axios reported on a non-paper that was sent on 19 November by the German government, via the embassy in Washington, to members of the US Congress concerning the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Its…
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Russian gas on the EU market increased transmission and continuing uncertainty

According to President Vladimir Putin's instructions, Gazprom began filling its European gas storage facilities on 8 November. According to information from the company, on 9 November a plan to pump gas into five facilities began…
OSW Commentary | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Mateusz Seroka, Marta Szpala

TurkStream on the diversifying south-eastern European gas market

December 2020 saw the completion of another part (Bulgaria–Serbia) of the European section of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which gas has been exported from Russia to south--eastern Europe since January 2020. The capacity of…
OSW Commentary | | Ryszarda Formuszewicz, Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota

The dispute over Nord Stream 2 the stances and the outlook

Russian ships resumed laying the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipeline on the Baltic Sea bed in February this year. Russia’s goal is to complete the project and put it into operation as soon as possible. This coincided with media reports that…
OSW Commentary | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

More EU less Russia Transforming gas transmission rules in Central and South-Eastern Europe

In recent months, the rules for gas transmission through the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe have been changing at an ever faster rate. There has been much talk about opening new routes for exporting Russian gas to the…