POLAND Casts Off Gas Yoke of Russia

Poland has bought a few wells in Norway, which gas is expected to narrow the country’s dependency on energy supplies from Russia. Diversifying energy deliveries is one of priorities of the cabinet, Poland’s PM Jaroslav Kaczyński said, Radio Liberty reported.

Poland’s state-run oil and gas corporation has decided to invest roughly $350 million in buying the fields and $200 million in their development. The matter at stake is a gas pipeline running via the territory of Denmark and which project involves experts of Poland and Norway. The enterprise bought out 15 percent of the wells on the BP-controlled territory. The gas reserves are estimated at 36 billion cu meters.

In an effort to diversify energy sources, Poland is willing to launch negotiations with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. President Lech Kaczyński will visit these states late March to go through the energy supplies. Moreover, Poland is currently in energy talks with Ukraine, discussing deliveries from the Caspian region via Odessa-Brody pipeline.

All those events coupled with Warsaw agreement to host the U.S. interceptors are clouding the country's relatins with Russia.

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