PKN ORLEN among Leaders of the “Top 250 Global Energy Company” Ranking
PKN ORLEN has been ranked second among CEE and African companies in the “Refining&Marketing" category of the global “Top 250 Global Energy Company” ranking, having secured the eighth position in the world in the same category. The ranking is compiled by Platts, the leading global provider of energy information.
The “TOP 250 Global Energy Company 2010” list has been compiled on the basis of a thorough analysis of the 2009 financial performance, taking into account in particular the value of assets, revenues, profits and returns on invested capital.
- The ranking confirms PKN ORLEN’s prominent position both on the European and global arena. Its results go to show that the largest Polish firm is becoming increasingly more recognisable and that the effects of its activity are increasingly more visible in the global dimension - said Jacek Krawiec, President of PKN ORLEN’s Management Board.
- We hope that the successful completion of our energy generation and production plans will propel us further up the ranking in the future - he added.
The organisers of TOP 250 have honoured the most outstanding achievements by sectors and regions. In the Refining&Marketing category, PKN ORLEN has been placed second in the EMEA region (European, Middle Eastern and African Companies) and eighth in the world. In the ranking measuring the overall financial performance of the EMEA companies, PKN ORLEN has emerged 47th, whereas in the overall classification it ranks 118th.
Platts – a member of the McGraw-Hill Group, the world’s leading provider of information services – specialises in the processing of information related to the energy and industrial markets. It provides news and analyses related to the refining and energy sectors (natural gas, electric power, nuclear, alternative energy and metals) to more than 150 countries worldwide.
