PKN Orlen SA

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Polish state energy firm Orlen has announced that it will take legal action over the recent suspension of oil supplies from Russia to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline. Orlen is taking over the Polish section of the Yamal gas pipeline. Orlen said that under the deal Europol Gaz would buy back Gazprom's shares in the company and Orlen would take control over the system of gas transit pipelines. Gazprom wants to recover $935 million from Polish Orlen through a Russian court. Orlen in April 2025 signs third US LNG deal with Ukraine after Russian transit ends. The ORLEN Group has taken consistent steps toward strengthening the energy security of Poland and the wider region. Since March 2025, all of the Group’s refineries have been supplied exclusively with crude oil sourced outside of Russia. The final contract for Russian oil deliveries expired at the end of June, marking the complete elimination of Russian crude from ORLEN’s supply chain. This means that ORLEN – and, by extension, the entire region – is no longer bound by any agreements with Russian entities for the supply of oil.

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Decision date 07/05/2023 · Reference ↗

Stopped maritime oil shipments, diversifying supply. Orlen expects to continue receiving Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline in 2023 in the amount of 3 million tons per year, despite the statements of the Polish authorities about their intention to refuse such supplies. The Polish concern Orlen will not renew the contract for Russian oil, which will expire in January 2023. Poland's PKN Orlen ends final Russian oil contract without penalties. Later, Daniel Obajtek said his company was still using Russian oil piped through the Druzhba network for its Czech refinery in Litvínov, which has not been covered by sanctions. Orlen Trading Switzerland got into a big scandal due to violation of sanctions, its directors were arrested. Polish oil refinery Orlen will not buy Russian oil for its Czech refinery after June 30, Chief Executive Officer Ireneusz Fafara said. The contract with Rosneft to supply Russian oil to the Litvinov refinery in the Czech Republic was the last to tie Orlen to Russian oil, the company said in a statement.

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