Category: Oil&gas security of supply
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What is the Iran War about and what for?
By Marta Koblanska, April 27, 2026, 12:00 Poland’s time, Photo: pumping oil, thanks to TyliJura, Pixabay The more oil you have, the less water you drink. Conversely, the more water you need, the better your weapon becomes, unless your technology does not require that much water – a piece of the story about the war…
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Security of oil supply to Poland, 2003 – smells like a mouse or makes a mouse the looser
By Marta Koblańska, April 2003, Photo: Oil well extraction, Pixabay Whether the world has changed and stopped being a playground of tensions between groups with different interests. The answer can be partially found below. Thanks firstly to the British Council and the Reuters Foundation Programme for enabling me to come to Oxford and conduct the…
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Why the Iranian regime must change and Americans keep away
By Marta Koblanska, January 13, 2026, 20:00 Poland’s time, photo: lipsticks, aleksandra85foto, Pixabay People on the Iranian streets await, in the meantime, being shot the America’s intervention. America is not going to come unless the Iranian leader cures his blindness. The story of Iran begins long ago. The author of this writing is not fully…
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Propozycje badawcze z roku 2009/2010 – Po co nam ten gaz?
By Marta Koblańska, 2009/2010, Photo: palnik gazowy, Pixabay Stopień zaawansowania cywilizacyjnego może być widziany jako umiejętność użytkowania energii. Człowiek, aby odnaleźć swoje miejsce we współczesnym świecie musi dostosować się do wymogów stawianych mu przez zmieniające się otoczenie i cywilizację, w której żyje. Według Leslie White’a człowiek nie buduje kultury, ale jest ona niezależnym systemem, którego…
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Energy shortcut by the IEA
By Marta Koblanska. November 26, 2025, 12:30 Poland’s time, Photo: electricity, Pixabay According to a recent IEA report, energy efficiency in industrial performance accounted for over 50 percent of resilience to price fluctuations in 2025, which are expected to rise. These fluctuations/variability mainly result from gas price volatility, which has increased by 40 percent in…
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Major security drivers of energy consumption – outlook
By Marta Koblanska, November 17, 2025, 13:00 Poland’s time, Photo: Primary energy consumption 2024, Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2025), Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2025) In the coming years, the energy security of supply for importing countries will significantly rely on nuclear energy, coal, and LNG, according to the World…
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How does Russia cope with sanctions and reduce its output?
By Marta Koblanska, October 20, 2025, 12:00 Poland’s time, Photo: oil well extraction, Pixabay Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries cut fuel supplies by 0.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) in September 2025. Meanwhile, Iraqi production exceeded targets, increasing by 0.51 mb/d, as reported in the International Energy Agency (IEA) oil market report issued on October…
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Will Canada’s cut in the Russian oil price benchmark contribute to peace in Ukraine? Or not?
By Marta Koblanska, August 12, 17:20 Poland ‘s time, Photo: Ship, thanks to jpeter2, Pixabay A territorial swap for the lives of Ukrainians is becoming increasingly likely, despite Ukraine’s leader initially rejecting any land concessions. Canada’s recent decision to reduce the price cap on Russian oil by approximately 20 percent has reshaped the negotiations but…
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How do power prices account for the security of social welfare?
By Marta Koblanska, 29 July 2025, 12.10 Polish time, Photo thanks to geralt, Pixabay After Poland jumped to the top of the global rating of electricity prices for business at the end of 2023, the country suddenly downgraded its position at the end of 2024. Security of power supply stipulates a suitable amount of energy delivered…
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Who will pay more and who will pay less for oil in 2025?
Photo: Oil facility, eyeonicimages, Pixabay As China’s refineries’ product demand may reach its limits in 2025, the oil price for those in other locations can surge despite the foreseen global fuel surplus. Why? According to the International Energy Agency’s forecast for 2025, global oil demand is to increase to an average of one million barrels per…
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What’s like with energy?
By Marta Koblańska, February 1/2025, 18:30, Photo: Angeles Balaguer, Pixabay Are fossil fuels passe or not exactly? The newly published studies in ,,Cell Sustainability” call for some limits in energy-dense materials but in the other hand make clear how fossils impact out life. The need for more efficient management of fossils comes due to huge…
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