ORLEN signs first long-term crude supply deal with Equinor
Poland’s ORLEN Group has signed its first long-term crude oil supply agreement with Norway’s Equinor, securing over 6 million tonnes of crude from the Johan Sverdrup field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Deliveries will begin in September, shipped by tankers from the Mongstad terminal.
In brief
ORLEN Group has contracted more than 6 million tonnes of crude oil from the Johan Sverdrup field with Norway's Equinor in its first long-term agreement with this partner. The volume corresponds to about 15 percent of ORLEN Group's annual demand and may be delivered to refineries in Poland, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. Deliveries will begin in September by tanker from the terminal in Mongstad. ORLEN CEO Ireneusz Fąfara stressed that the agreement makes the company independent of Russian crude.
The contracted volume will cover around 15% of ORLEN Group’s annual crude demand and can be directed to refineries in Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.
- We have fully diversified away from Russian crude. This contract ensures access to high-quality feedstock produced with one of the lowest carbon footprints globally, said Ireneusz Fąfara, ORLEN’s CEO.
Johan Sverdrup is Norway’s third-largest oil field, accounting for one-third of the country’s output. Its production emits 80–90% less CO₂ than the global average, thanks to offshore platforms powered by renewable electricity from shore.
- Our partnership with ORLEN already covers upstream oil and gas production, a 10-year gas supply contract and cooperation on low-carbon solutions. Extending it to crude oil supplies strengthens Poland’s energy security, noted Irene Rummelhoff, Equinor’s EVP for Marketing, Midstream & Processing.
ORLEN has fully phased out imports from eastern suppliers. Today its refineries process crude sourced from the Middle East, North Sea, Africa and the Americas. In H1 2025, ORLEN processed 9.8 million tonnes of crude, a 5% year-on-year increase.
Source: Gazeta Morska · Compiled by: Kamil Kusier
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