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Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś
On 26 April Gazprom Export (Gazprom’s subsidiary) notified PGNiG, the Polish gas company, and Bulgargaz in Bulgaria that it would stop supplying gas to Poland and Bulgaria beginning from 27 April. The official reason for this decision is…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś
On 5 April, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen presented the principles of the European Union’s proposed fifth package of sanctions against Russia (see Press statement by President von der Leyen on the fifth…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś
The G7 countries (USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan) have declared that they do not intend to switch to paying for Russian gas supplies in roubles. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that the vast majority of…
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska, Szymon Kardaś
On 23 March, Vladimir Putin decided to charge fees for Russian exports of natural gas to countries hostile to Russia (i.e. those countries which have introduced sanctions) in roubles in the near future. He ordered the withdrawal from the…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has multi-level implications for the Russian gas sector. On the one hand, the military activity has not resulted in gas supplies from Russia to European recipients being limited or interrupted; it has in fact…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś
On 8 March, President Joe Biden announced a ban on the import of Russian energy resources to the United States: crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, LNG, coal and coal products. In addition, these sanctions will prohibit US entities…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota
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 | | Szymon Kardaś
On 4 February, during Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing, Gazprom signed a new contract with the Chinese company CNPC to supply gas to the PRC. The contract states that the company will provide its Chinese partners with 10 bcm of gas…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś
In 2021, gas extraction in Russia amounted to 762.3 bcm, which is an annual increase of 10% compared to 2020 and of approx. 3.3% compared to 2019. Gazprom increased production to 514.8 bcm, which is 62.2 bcm more than in 2020 and a 13.6…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski, Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota
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…