On May 17, Polish state-owned natural gas pipeline network operator Gaz-System S.A. published its updated strategy for 2016–2025. A noteworthy new element in the document is the plan to create a natural gas hub in Poland, aimed at establishing a regional gas market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). If successful, it would provide regional countries with new sources of natural gas, thus creating an alternative to their dependency on Russian Gazprom, and undermining Moscow’s energy policy in the region (Gazeta Wyborcza, May 17).
Poland, which imports from Russia about 70 percent of the natural gas it consumes, has already …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation