Poland’s Natural Gas Energy Strategy in the Context of the European Union’s Energy Policy

Abstract

This article on Poland’s Natural Gas Energy Strategy in the Context of the European Union’s Energy Policy discusses key problems related to the functioning of the Polish fuel market in the field of resources, production, consumption and especially raw material supply. For more than a dozen years, Poland has been a member of the European Union and together with other member countries that form a community, it has created a political and economic reality in the area under the authority of theEU organization. One of the community’s key tasks is to ensure the security of Member States, within the framework of economic policy conducted by these countries as well as European Union institutions. Energy security is an important a part of this policy. The author of this article undertook the task of analyzing the situation in the Polish natural gas sector but taking into consideration the European conditions. The article outlines the prospect of future developments andspecial emphasis is placed on a discussion of the projects aimed at the diversification of natural gas supplies to Poland and those that concern the diversification of blue fuel supplies as seen more broadly from the perspective of the European Union. Some of these projects are currently implemented, some are still in the study phase, and some will probably never reach fruition.