Poland to become oil gatekeeper thanks to Odessa-Gdañsk pipeline

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This year, recent events in the oil sector could see the arrival of a new, positive epithet, that of 'America's Gatekeeper in Eurasia.'

The project at the heart of the matter, an extension of the existing, expensive though as-yet-unused Odessa-Brody pipeline in Ukraine on to P³ock and eventually the port of Gdañsk, was given official support by the Polish and Ukrainian administrations a week ago. The first phase will be the formation of a joint venture by pipeline network operator PERN and Ukrainian equivalent Ukrtransnafta. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Marek Pol, the venture will seek to attract foreign - (read American) - investment, which is expected to come in large part from the world's top five oil companies.

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