ORLEN Unipetrol RPA s.r.o.

The ORLEN Unipetrol Group is the largest refining and petrochemical company in the Czech Republic. It focuses on crude oil processing and the production, distribution and sale of vehicle fuels and petrochemical products � particularly plastics and fertilisers. It belongs among the critical players in the Czech republic and Central European markets in all these areas. The ORLEN Unipetrol Group encompasses refineries and production plants in Litv�nov and Kralupy nad Vltavou, Paramo in Pardubice, Spolana Neratovice, and two research centres in Litv�nov and Brno. Unipetrol also includes a network of ORLEN Benzina filling stations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With 430 filling stations, ORLEN Benzina is the largest chain in the Czech Republic. Since its entry to Slovakia in 2019, ORLEN Benzina has been one of the fastest growing chains and currently operates 27 filling stations. ORLEN Unipetrol employs nearly 5,000 people and is one of the largest companies in the Czech Republic. In 2005, ORLEN Unipetrol became a member of the ORLEN Group, the largest crude oil processor in Central Europe. The ORLEN Unipetrol is also active in corporate social responsibility. Therefore, it pays equal attention to initiatives focusing on cultivating and supporting sustainable development, education, local communities, and the environment.

The company mainly supplies the market with motor fuels, heating oils, asphalts, liquefied petroleum products, oil hydrogenates, other refinery products, olefins and aromatics, agrochemicals, carbon black and sorbents, polyolefins (high-density polyethylene, polypropylene).

Thanks to the new PE3 unit, put into official operation in 2020, ORLEN Unipetrol produces new white polyethylene (so-called Natural line) and black polyethylene (so-called Black line, or black pipe types). The total production capacity of the Litv�nov petrochemical plant thus increased from 320 to 470 thousand tons of polyethylene per year.

REFINERY UNIT

Provides purchase of crude oil for the group's refineries and wholesale of motor fuels and other refinery products.

Main activities:

- provision of raw materials for petrochemical production
- wholesale of motor fuels and other refinery products
- purchase of crude oil for refinery production
- optimization of the connection of refinery and petrochemical production

REFINERY PRODUCTS

Diesel, Gasoline, TOEL/ETO, JET A-1

Asphalt products

Oils and lubricants - Products from Paramo - Motor oils, Motorcycle oils, Oils for garden equipment, Transmission oils, Industrial lubricants, Special industrial lubricants, Plastic lubricants

Other refinery products

- Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG)
- Petrochemicals
- Fuel oils
- Pyrolysis oils

MONOMERS AND CHEMICALS UNIT

This business unit operates in the field of petrochemical products and ammonia. It plans and manages production following oil processing and supplies semi-finished products for the subsequent polyolefin segment. It is a key supplier of ethylene, propylene, benzene, ammonia and other chemical and petrochemical raw materials for other chemical companies in the Czech Republic and Central Europe.

Main activities:

- provision of raw materials for the production of polyolefins
- sale of petrochemical products and ammonia
- development and strategy of petrochemical and chemical production

MONOMERS, AROMATES AND OTHER PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS

- Ethylene for polymerization
- Propylene for polymerization
- Propylene FCC
- C4 fraction
- C10 non-hydrogenated fraction
- Benzene
- Naphthalene concentrate

AGROCHEMICALS

- Ammonia

- Ammonia Liquor Technical

POLYOLEFIN UNIT

This unit operates in the field of plastics - polyolefins. It plans the production of polypropylene and high-density polyethylene and ensures their sale. In cooperation with the research and development base at the Polymer Institute Brno, the unit participates in the modification of existing and development of new polyolefin products.

The polyolefins unit is the most important supplier of polyolefins on the Czech market. Across Europe, the production capacity of high-density polyethylene is five percent, and for polypropylene, two percent of polypropylene from European production. Thanks to this, this business unit plays an important role in Central Europe.

Main activities:

-sale of high density polyethylene and propylene

-coordination of research and development in the field of polyolefins at the Polymer Institute Brno

-technical service and customer consultation

PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS

Polyolefins

- Polyethylene LITEN

- Polypropylene MOSTEN�

Carbon Black Chezacarb

- Chezacarb� AC

- Makroplus� CC

Neralit

- Neralit 581

- Neralit 601

- Neralit 652

- Neralit 682

Masterbatches and compounds

- M-COLOR�

- MAKROSTAB�

- MAKROFLAM�

- MAKROPLUS�

- MAKROCORR�

- THERMOBREAK�

- MAKROPORE�

- MAKROCLEAN�

Power Engineering products�

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