The ORLEN Group stated it has ceased all deliveries of Russian crude in its provide chain.
The Polish power firm stated all of its refineries have been provided with non-Russian oil since March, with the ultimate contract for Russian oil supply from Rosneft ending June 30.
Earlier, ORLEN terminated all contracts for deliveries to Poland by way of the Druzhba pipeline and ceased importing Russian oil by sea, the corporate stated in a information launch.
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Since April 2023, all the crude processed by ORLEN’s Polish and Lithuanian refineries has been sourced from non-Russian sources, the corporate said.
“Now we have concluded the final legacy contract for Russian crude deliveries to the Czech Republic. As of 1 July 2025, the ORLEN Group – and, by way of this, our whole area – might be free from Russian oil,” ORLEN Administration Board President and CEO Ireneusz Fąfara stated.
“Now we have closed this chapter and are collectively constructing a safe future for Central and Japanese Europe. Right this moment, we buy crude oil from throughout the globe. Our refineries course of feedstock from the Center East and Persian Gulf, the North Sea, Africa, and each Americas. That is what actual power safety appears to be like like, the one we promised to Polish residents and neighbors,” Fafara continued.
“Ending the ORLEN Group’s reliance on Russian power assets was made attainable by way of robust partnerships, particularly with transmission system operators. Their cooperation has enabled us to usher in oil and gasoline from different sources. Nonetheless, this success finally stems from our personal dedication, exemplified by strategic contracts to safe new transmission capacities,” he stated.
The Rosneft contract, which was signed twelve years in the past, coated deliveries to ORLEN’s refinery in Litvínov, the Czech Republic. The corporate’s second Czech refinery in Kralupy had already been processing solely non-Russian crude. Nonetheless, because of restricted pipeline infrastructure able to bringing oil from different instructions, the Litvínov plant remained depending on provides by way of the Druzhba pipeline, the corporate stated.
Following Russia’s navy battle with Ukraine, the Czech authorities requested a brief exemption from European Union (EU) sanctions to proceed importing Russian crude to keep up secure provide to the Czech gasoline market, ORLEN stated.
The EU granted the exemption, permitting state-owned oil pipeline firm MERO, which develops and maintains the Czech Republic’s pipeline infrastructure, time to increase the capability of the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) towards the nation. The TAL facilitates crude deliveries by sea to the Italian port of Trieste, from the place the oil is transported overland by way of Austria and Germany, based on the discharge.
Throughout this era, ORLEN ready the Litvínov refinery, which had traditionally relied solely on Russian crude, for processing different grades of oil. The corporate stated it “carried out in depth technological upgrades and examined quite a lot of crude blends”.
In March, after the launch of the TAL Plus pipeline extension, ORLEN transitioned totally to different provides. At the moment, the Czech refineries course of crude sourced from numerous areas, together with the North Sea, the Mediterranean, Saudi Arabia, South and North America, and Africa, the corporate stated.
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