ORLEN Completes Transition to 100% Non-Russian Crude, Securing Regional Energy Independence

ORLEN Completes Transition to 100% Non-Russian Crude, Securing Regional Energy Independence

(IN BRIEF) As of 1 July 2025, the ORLEN Group has fully phased out Russian crude oil following the expiry of its last Rosneft contract, marking a key milestone in regional energy security. Under CEO Ireneusz Fąfara’s leadership, ORLEN’s refineries in Poland, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic now rely solely on non-Russian feedstocks sourced globally. Critical infrastructure upgrades—particularly the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) expansion—and strategic partnerships with transmission operators enabled the seamless shift away from the Druzhba pipeline. Technological enhancements at the Litvínov refinery ensured compatibility with diverse crude grades, completing ORLEN’s transition to a fully diversified supply network.

(PRESS RELEASE) PŁOCK, 30-Jun-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — The ORLEN Group has decisively bolstered Poland’s—and its neighbouring region’s—energy security by eliminating Russian crude oil from its supply chain. As of 1 July 2025, every refinery in the ORLEN portfolio has operated exclusively on non-Russian crude. With the expiry of the final Rosneft contract at the end of June, ORLEN and its regional partners are no longer tied to any Russian oil agreements.

“We have closed the last legacy contract for Russian crude deliveries to the Czech Republic,” said Ireneusz Fąfara, CEO and President of the ORLEN Management Board. “Starting today, the ORLEN Group—and by extension our entire region—is free from Russian oil. We now source feedstock globally from the Middle East and Persian Gulf, the North Sea, Africa, and both Americas. This is the true embodiment of the energy security promise we made to Polish citizens and our neighbours.”

Fąfara credited strong collaboration with transmission system operators for facilitating this transition: “Their support allowed us to tap alternative oil and gas routes. But the real driver was our own resolve—securing strategic contracts to expand transmission capacity and diversify our supply.”

The final Russian contract, signed twelve years ago, supplied ORLEN’s Litvínov refinery in the Czech Republic via the Druzhba pipeline. Although ORLEN had already halted imports to its Polish and Lithuanian plants and to the Kralupy refinery, Litvínov remained reliant on the pipeline until the Czech government secured an EU exemption to maintain market stability. During this period, the state-owned MERO upgraded the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL), enabling crude deliveries through Trieste by sea and overland via Austria and Germany.

Once the TAL Plus extension became operational in March 2025, ORLEN completed technological overhauls at Litvínov and successfully tested a variety of alternative crude blends. Today, all ORLEN refineries process oil sourced from the North Sea, Mediterranean, Saudi Arabia, the Americas, and Africa.

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