The Ukrainian prime minister announced a pipeline deal with neighboring Poland that diversifies the energy sector with better access to liquefied natural gas hubs. Ukrainian company Naftogaz signed a deal with its Polish counterparts, Gaz-System, to build a pipeline between the two countries. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the deal ensures his country remains an important hub in the European energy market. It’s not a reverse pipeline, “but it means an access to gas from the LNG terminals that have already been built in [Lithuania] and Poland,” he said. The European market gets about a quarter of its gas needs met by Russia, though most of that runs through Soviet-era transit networks in Ukraine. Lingering contractual disputes between Kiev and […]