“The Development of the gas energy sector in Poland and energy security” was published in the latest issue of the bimonthly publication ” Rynek Energii ” No. 6 (115) – 2014.
Read the entire article: Development of the gas energy sector (PDF).
The authors are Izabela Albrycht, a political scientist and President of the Kosciuszko Institute, and editor-in-chief of the International Shale Gas & Oil Journal, and Adam Wawrzynowicz, a lawyer and managing partner at the law firm Wawrzynowicz and Associates Ltd. They have written the article as part of the KI project: “What are the opportunities for Unconventional Gas for Poland and Europe”?
In connection with the adoption by the Polish parliament of amendments to the Geological and Mining Law and ongoing work on the Law on the Special Hydrocarbon Tax, as well as certain other acts, the Kosciuszko Institute has made another analytical attempt to verify whether these new laws meet the expectations of the hydrocarbons production sector, including the expectations of foreign investors and the extent to which they have failed to address priority issues that should be met by the introduction of new regulations, including safeguarding the interests of the Treasury.
Viiew the article here
“What next for the production of hydrocarbons?” was published in the bi-monthly publication ” Energetyka cieplna i zawodowa ” (4/2014)
Viiew the article here
The 2014 Gas Market Conference will be held in Kazimierz Dolny.
W&W law firm is a partner of this year’s Gas Market conference. Speakers from W & W are to deliver three papers on the topics of storage area and exchange obligation.
Attorney Tomasz Brzezinski represents W&W law firm on the Conference Programme Committee.
Conference topics:
• energy policy in the gas sector,
• security and diversification of gas supplies to Polish,
• conditions for the development of the gas market,
• opportunities and risks for shale gas in Poland,
• gas exchange in Poland and the EU,
• formal and legal aspects of gas trading
• transmission and gas installations,
• process safety and reliability of the gas system,
• automatic control and gas installations,
• the role of the Office for Energy Regulation in supporting the development of the gas market,
• markets: LNG, CNG and air conditioning,
• gas-steam power plants, turbines and gas engines,
• use of gas in the chemical industry and for other customers,
• gas and other energy sources (electricity, district heating, energy from renewable sources),
• multi-energy companies in the gas market,
• sources of funds for investments related to the use of natural gas,
• CRM systems and gas sales,
• modern management in the gas industry,
• new methods of market research and customer acquisition.
Conference schedule:
June 25 (Wednesday) 13:00 -Registration of participants Conference office, a small group discussion
June 26 (Thursday) 9:00 – Opening Conference introductory lectures and debates
June 27 (Friday) session summarizing discussions, approx. 12.00 – end of conference
In the Polish parliament on May 28, 2014, MP Andrzej Czerwinski, in collaboration with the Institute of Kosciuszko, organised a special meeting of the Parliamentary Energy Committee (the Shale Gas Round Table). The meeting saw the first publication of the paper “Is the package of Shale Gas laws a response to the expectations of the Polish shale gas sector?” from the Institute of Kosciuszko as part of the project “What are the opportunities for Unconventional Gas for Poland and Europe”?
The publication can be downloaded here: “Is the package of Shale Gas laws a response to the expectations of the Polish shale gas sector?”
The authors of the paper are Adam Wawrzynowicz (managing partner, W&W law firm) and Izabela Albrycht (a political scientist and President of the Kosciuszko Institute, and editor-in-chief of the International Shale Gas & Oil Journal).
The meeting and debate included members of parliament, representatives of the government and local administration, experts, representatives of the mining sector, and lawyers and tax advisors involved in the work on the regulatory environment for the hydrocarbon production sector . It was devoted to the development of the shale gas sector in Poland and the conduct of parliamentary work on government acts – The Law on the Special Hydrocarbons Tax, the amendment of the Geological and Mining Law and the amendment of certain other hydrocarbons laws. Due to the fact that work on “shale laws” has become more dynamic than ever before, the meeting was an ideal opportunity to once again allow the interested parties to articulate their views on the proposed regulation.
Summing up the debate, MP Andrzej Czerwinski reminded the audience that the government projects: the Law on the Special Hydrocarbons tax and the Geological and Mining Law were still not in the final shape and were being worked on by parliamentarians who could still submit corrections to them. He also stressed that at no stage of the legislative work should it be forgotten that the primary purpose of Parliament was to start the commercial production of shale gas in order to improve the situation and security of Poland and the Polish people, and was not only the creation of laws governing the issue of hydrocarbons.
The Polonia Palace Hotel in Warsaw will host the conference “LNG in Poland and Europe – the new model of the gas market” on June 3
Tomasz Brzezinski of W&W law firm will present a paper on “Concessions, tariffs and other regulatory and legal aspects for small scale LNG operations”.
As well as experts from W & W, the meeting will also be attended by representatives of market participants, the government (Ministry of Economy) and experts from leading consulting companies and law firms (A.T. Kearney, Ernst & Young Business Advisory, White & Case law firm and Domański Zakrzewski Palinka law firm).
Topics of papers to be presented at the conference:
– The importance of the LNG terminal and LNG market development for energy security and the liberalization of the gas market in Poland.
– LNG terminal in Swinoujscie. Status of implementation, operation of the terminal business model and its impact on the gas market in the region.
– The LNG terminal in Klaipeda and energy security of the region. Technical and business model of the terminal – the prospects of cooperation with Polish partners.
– Polish energy security architecture: the LNG terminal, underground gas storage facilities, interconnectors and expansion of the transmission infrastructure.
– Current status and prospects for development of domestic LNG production.
– Conditions for LNG import and export trade on the Polish market.
– LNG on world markets. Global and regional trends and the opening of the terminal in Swinoujscie.
– The impact of the opening of LNG terminals in Swinoujscie and Klaipeda on the gas market in Central and Eastern Europe.
– Liberalization of LNG exports from Russia. Implications for foreign markets and Russian gas market.
– Concessions, tariffs and other regulatory and legal aspects for a small-scale LNG operation.
– Regulatory and legal challenges related to the import of gas to a LNG terminal in Poland
Further details on the event can be seen on the organizer’s website:
http://www.adventure.pl.
The new article entitled, “Changes to the distribution services in light of the new TNC” by Kamil Iwicki and by Adam Wawrzynowicz from the Wawrzynowicz & Partners Law Firm has appeared In the latest issue of the journal “Przegląd Gazowniczy”.
User traffic and the operation of the distribution network play a particularly important role in the Polish gas market. The article discusses the changes that were introduced in the new TNC, the most important of which are: to establish a distribution area, the implementation of new rules for balancing customer distribution services, introducing the possibility of distribution services on the basis of continuous feedback, standardization of services for distribution security policies for all customers through the introduction of the institutional Gas Security Code, as well as the introduction of the provisions for the preparation and implementation of the new unification of all company operations, and the establishment of the standard contract for the provision of distribution services.
Any details on the changes are presented in the article.
The web portal “Kierunek Energetyka” today published an article by Tomasz Brzezinski , “Is the European Union stepping back from the shale gas revolution?”
We invite you to read the article
A workshop: “Contracts for the electricity and gas market – legal aspects of company practice”
was held at Warsaw’s Digital Knowledge Village from 31.03 – 1.04
W&W law firm was represented by Wojciech Bigaj, who gave a lecture entitled, “Agreements with consumers – clauses prohibited by law.”
More information about the event here.
The portal “Kierunek Energetyka” today published an article, “The Obligations – (not) good for all” as written by W&W’s Tomasz Brzezinski .
We invite you to read the article!
