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Watch: Construction of Norway-Poland gas pipeline resumes
Work on a pipeline to ship pure gasoline from Norway to Poland has resumed in Denmark after a nine-month suspension.
The Baltic Pipe, which is anticipated to ship 10 billion cubic metres of gasoline yearly to Poland — about half of the nation’s whole consumption — ought to be totally operational from 1 January 2023.
The European Union has introduced plans to slash by two-thirds its imports of Russian gasoline by the top of the yr to scale back its dependence on Moscow which provides about 45% of the bloc’s pure gasoline imports.
That is in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the EU’s power dependence on Russia seen as a possible strain level for Moscow to make use of in opposition to the bloc.
Though the EU has imposed sanctions in opposition to Russia for its army assault on its neighbour, it has steered away from punitive measures in opposition to the gasoline and oil sectors.
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