Mateusz Kubiak
Mateusz Kubiak graduated with an honors degree in International Politics and East European Studies from the University of Warsaw. He is an alumnus of Poland’s National Security Bureau student internship program (Department of Strategic Analyses). He worked as an oil & gas analyst with the Polish company Ennex in 2016-2018 and, since 2018, he is an oil & gas senior analyst with the Warsaw-based consultancy firm Esperis. Kubiak is also an expert on the South Caucasus region. Kubiak cooperates with several Polish and foreign media outlets and think tanks (ex., the Center for European Policy Analysis). He is fluent in English and Russian.
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Belarus Secures Russian Oil and Gas Supplies for 2021
On December 29, 2020, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko stated that Russian energy supplies to Belarus in 2021 will be purchased under “favorable terms,” thus confirming that the months-long negotiations
Despite Construction Work Restart, Nord Stream Two Remains in Limbo
On December 11, project operator Nord Stream 2 AG restarted construction work on the Nord Stream Two natural gas pipeline after an almost year-long break. This development, however, does not
Russia’s Rosneft Again Mulling LNG Exports
On October 22, Rosneft’s CEO, Igor Sechin, revealed some new, previously unpublished details regarding the state-owned Russian petroleum giant’s latest mega-project in the Arctic—Vostok Oil. Specifically, Sechin confirmed that Vostok
Can the Vessel Akademik Cherskiy Finish Nord Stream Two Pipeline Construction?
At the beginning of October 2020, the Akademik Cherskiy—the only Russian pipe-laying ship capable of completing the construction of the Nord Stream Two natural gas pipeline—began its sea trials following
Will Russia Take Over Belarusian Oil Product Transshipment?
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced, on September 7, that Russia and Belarus are negotiating conditions for shifting Belarusian oil product exports from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda to Russian
Another Gas Spat Between Belarus and Russia Underway
On July 21, the Russian privately owned news agency Interfax reported that Belarus’s natural gas debt to Russia has risen, since May, from $165 million (as was disclosed then by
Ukraine to Decide Whether to Buy US LNG
On May 27, the Ukrainian government preliminarily approved the text of a memorandum on the prospects for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States. The document must still