Koncepcje dywersyfikacji źródeł i kierunków dostaw ropy naftowej do Polski w myśli politycznej Sojuszu Lewicy Demokratycznej w latach 2001–2005

Abstract

The construction of a more diversified crude oil supplies structure to domestic refineries was treated differently by individual political parties in Poland. For the Democratic Left Alliance, a key element contributing to energy security was the need to ensure a constant supply of this commodity at the lowest possible price, and not to diversify the sources and directions of crude oil supplies. Therefore, the SLD government held talks on regulating the transit position of Poland (an initiative of the Russian side), but at the same time raised the need to build the Odessa-Brody-Plock pipeline. The aim of the article was to analyze the political thought of the Democratic Left Alliance in terms of ensuring alternative sources and directions of oil supplies to the Russian Federation, and to identify the potential consequences of the views and decisions made. The main assumption was that in the SLD concept, supplies from the Russian Federation played the most important role, but cooperation with other oil exporters created an opportunity to build a more diversified structure of import this commodity to Poland. Taking up the topic was important due to the lack of studies in which we can find the results of original studies on the position of political parties in the context of building a diversified structure of crude oil supplies, as well as the construction of the Odessa-Brody-Plock pipeline.