History
OLPP was incorporated in 1997 after fuel storage facilities were separated from a company operating under the name Centrala Produktów Naftowych CPN SA.
On January 1st 1997, a company under the name Dyrekcja Baz Magazynowych Naftobazy was separated from CPN SA, and was registered as a commercial law company under the name CPN Dyrekcja Baz Magazynowych Naftobazy Sp. z o.o. on July 1st, 1997. Two years later, on April 12th 1999, the Company's shares were transferred from CPN SA to Nafta Polska SA.
With the establishment of Naftobazy, access to fuel storage facilities was provided to virtually all operators on the Polish fuel market, from refineries to individual private-owned filling stations.
In September 2006, Naftobazy changed its corporate name to Operator Logistyczny Paliw Płynnych Sp. z o.o.
OLPP has the most developed network of 22 fuel storage facilities located across Poland. This is why OLPP is in position to offer to its customers the opportunity to use fuel storage capacities and fuel transhipment services in the most convenient locations. The existing fuel storage facilities are being upgraded and invested in on an on-going basis, and new storage capacities are continued to be developed.
OLPP is the leading Polish company that specializes in fuel storage services - its market share now accounts for about 60 percent. The storage facilities offer the total storage capacity of 1.8 million cubic meters of petroleum products emergency stocks and reserves. Professional laboratories accredited for testing petroleum products provide for on-going quality control of products stored at OLPP facilities. IT systems ensure comprehensive monitoring and control of fuels at each stage of the storage process, and customers who entrust their fuels to OLPP are always kept up to date.
OLPP also offers logistic services for continuous fuel supply. It has state-of-the-art fill & drain facilities for fuel transportation by road and rail. The service lead times have been significantly reduced after self- and automatic servicing systems were introduced.
Fuel consumption in Poland has been on the rise year-by-year, and new legal regulations impose specific stockholding obligations on fuel producers and importers in order to improve Poland's energy security. In addition, biofuels proved to be a very promising market for OLPP. According to the Directive 2003/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2003 on the promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport, a minimum proportion of biofuels and other renewable fuels placed on the market in 2010 should reach 5.75 percent. In response to legal requirements concerning biocomponents introduced to fuels, OLPP has launched a biofuel blending facility at OLPP fuel storage facilities in Małaszewice and Narewka, at fuel pipeline end terminals next to the state border.
