ORLEN signs first long-term oil supply contract with Equinor
ORLEN has signed a contract with Equinor for the supply of more than 6 million tonnes of crude oil from the Johan Sverdrup field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contracted volume will cover about 15% of the ORLEN Group’s annual oil demand. Deliveries under this first annual contract with the Norwegian company will begin in September.
The one-year contract provides for deliveries of crude oil from the Norwegian port of Mongstad. Shipments may be directed to refineries in Poland as well as to Lithuania and the Czech Republic. The Johan Sverdrup field, from which the contracted oil will be sourced, is the third largest on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and has CO₂ emissions 80–90 percent lower than the global average.
“We are strengthening the energy security of Poland and the region as a whole. We have fully eliminated Russian crude from all our refineries, which was made possible through effective diversification of supply sources. The next step in this process is the first long-term contract with Equinor, giving us access to top-quality crude with high production efficiency. Johan Sverdrup is one of the largest fields in the world and accounts for one-third of Norway’s total oil production. Importantly, the production activities involve significantly reduced CO₂ emissions as the oil platforms are powered by electricity from shore, largely from renewables. We consistently focus on alternative sources of supply, as they are the foundation of stable production and a guarantee of energy security,” says Ireneusz Fąfara, CEO and President of the ORLEN Management Board.
„I am very pleased that we are now expanding our relationship with ORLEN to also include supplies of crude oil from the Johan Sverdrup field in Norway. We are building on a long-term energy partnership with ORLEN which already includes production of oil and gas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, a 10-year agreement for supplies of natural gas to Poland and collaboration on low carbon solutions like carbon capture and storage. This agreement contributes to energy security in Poland, while we at the same time are working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions”, says Irene Rummelhoff, EVP Marketing, midstream and processing in Equinor.
The ORLEN Group invests in the energy security of Poland and the entire region. The final contract for Russian oil deliveries expired in 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. Currently ORLEN refineries process feedstock from the Middle East and Persian Gulf, the North Sea, Africa, and both Americas. In the first six months of 2025, ORLEN’s facilities processed a total of 9.8 million tonnes of crude oil, which is 5% more than in the corresponding period last year.
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