During the two-month operational shutdown, the petrochemical part of the production plant will undergo regular maintenance and modernization of technologies, along with the implementation of investment projects.

It is expected that the petrochemical production technologies will be put back into operation at the beginning of June. The refining part of the plant, including the refinery in Kralupy nad Vltavou, i.e. the production of fuels and agrochemical products, will remain in full operation.

The ORLEN Unipetrol Group is carrying out a turnaround - a planned shutdown of its production facilities for the purpose of regular maintenance of production facilities in accordance with legislative and control requirements. During the two-month shutdown, the facilities are inspected, modernized and prepared for the next operating cycle. The current shutdown is divided into two years. Last year, the refinery part of the plant underwent maintenance and modernization, and now it is time for the petrochemical part.

"On Friday, April 11, we will start to reduce operations and next week we want to start maintenance and modernization work. A wide range of specific professional activities will be performed by 3,000 external, mainly Czech and Slovak, workers from 45 supplier companies with which ORLEN Unipetrol has been cooperating for a long time. Investments will amount to three billion crowns. Our petrochemical segment should be back in full operation at the beginning of June," said Milan Brejchal, member of the ORLEN Unipetrol Group Board of Directors responsible for production, and added: "The refining segment underwent maintenance and modernization last year, and will now remain in full operation, including the refinery in Kralupy nad Vltavou, which will undergo a planned turnaround in 2026."