Revisiting China – 10 Thoughts
I had the pleasure of participating recently as a panelist in the Bits 1st Frontier Industrial Forum in Qingdao, China where I spoke about the Polish legal framework for shale gas operations and the lessons that other countries looking to develop their shale gas law could learn from Poland. Here are my loose – subjective – thoughts from my visit to China. “He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who […] read more
It’s here! The draft of the new shale gas regulations in Poland has been finally announced.
The Ministry of Environment has published the draft of the amendments to the Geological and Mining Law in Poland and is now accepting comments and opinions. The public consultation period will run up to March 18th, and Business&Law editors will participate by providing their insights. The Government decided to amend the existing law. It did not decide – as it was announced before – to specifically regulate the shale gas industry in a separate new […] read more
Artur Kluz published the article in Caixin – China Economics & Finance
We are happy to present the new article published by Artur Kluz in Caixin – China Economics & Finance. The title of the article is “A European Opportunity” and it refers to the shale gas in Poland and its opportunities for the foreign companies (especially Chinese) Here is the link to the article: http://english.caixin.com/2013-01-23/100485392.html
B&L at the UCL
B&L is happy to announce that following a speech at the Unconventional Oil & Gas Summit in Warsaw, Wojciech Bagiński was recently a panelist at an Energy Workshop organised by the University College of London titled “Shale Gas and Renewable Energy: Reducing Central and Eastern Europe’s Dependency on Natural Gas Imports”. Wojciech was speaking about the legal framework for shale gas operations in Poland. Please contact Wojciech at his private email: w.baginski.office@gmail.com, if you would like to […] read more
The draft of the new Shale Gas Act in Poland to be announced at a later date
Yesterday (13.06.2012), a governmental press conference was scheduled to take place, where the Ministry of Environment was supposed to publish the first draft of the Shale Gas Act for Poland – a piece of legislation specifically related to shale gas operations in this country. Since December 2011, the government is working on this new Act. It is not certain when the first draft will now be released. If the government would manage to publish […] read more
Learning from the mistakes of others – Poland and other EU member states should appoint expert groups to examine the impact of shale gas operations on the environment in the US and to formulate and adjust their laws and policy accordingly
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Poland appears to hold some of the geologically most favorable shale gas formations in Europe – around 187 Tcf of technically recoverable resource. Many foresee that if these predictions come true and the production of the gas commences, Poland will be able to free its economy from the energy dependence on Russia. Regardless of the economic benefits resulting from the mass production of shale gas, the process […] read more
Poland is waiting for a new act on renewable energy sources
The whole renewable energy sector in Poland is waiting for the new act on renewable energy sources (RES). Publication of the first draft of the bill on the governmental website is expected in the upcoming weeks. The new act on RES has to be adopted, as the present regulations are not sufficient for proper implementation of the Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Present Polish regulations on RES […] read more