ORLEN Secures Major Norwegian Oil Contract to Cover a Quarter of Poland’s Demand

ORLEN has signed a three-year oil supply contract with Norway’s Equinor, covering up to a quarter of the Polish energy group’s annual demand starting in September. . **Body:**

Three-Year Agreement with Equinor

ORLEN has concluded a three-year contract with Norwegian company Equinor for oil deliveries from the Johan Sverdrup field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Deliveries will start in September, and their volume may reach over 9 million tons annually, meaning up to a quarter of the ORLEN Group’s annual oil demand. The raw material will go to refineries in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania as an expansion of the existing cooperation between the two companies.

The agreement has a flexible structure: annual deliveries can range from nearly 5 million tons to over 9 million tons of oil, depending on the current needs of the ORLEN Group. The contract thus makes it possible to adjust the scale of supplies to the market and operational situation of individual refineries.

Details of the Johan Sverdrup Field

The basis for the supplies will be oil from the Johan Sverdrup field, which accounts for about one-third of total Norwegian oil production. Extraction platforms at the field are powered by electricity from the shore, mainly from renewable energy sources, which limits CO2 emissions during extraction. The contract also allows for deliveries of other grades of oil from the Norwegian Continental Shelf to ORLEN refineries in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania.

Statements from ORLEN and Equinor Leadership

Ireneusz Fąfara, CEO of ORLEN S.A., stated that a secure future begins with proactive decisions, noting that the agreement strengthens access to stable oil sources from Norway and responds to global market instability. Irene Rummelhoff, Executive Vice President for Marketing, Midstream and Processing at Equinor, highlighted the agreement’s role in strengthening European energy security and cooperation with ORLEN’s refineries.

Diversification of Oil Supply Routes

The cooperation between the ORLEN Group and Equinor already includes production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and low-emission projects. As ORLEN emphasized in a press release, the new contract fits into a strategy assuming the diversification of oil supply directions and cooperation with stable partners, which gains importance amid increased market volatility and geopolitical tensions affecting transport routes.