Key ORLEN Lietuva financial indicators in 4th
quarter of 2024:
– Received 1,319
billion USD revenue;
– EBITDA LIFO
was 16 million USD;
– Refinery
processed 1,814 million tons of crude oil.
Public company ORLEN Lietuva revenue in fourth quarter of 2024 reached 1,319
billion USD – 25% lower compared with same period previous year due to feedstock
prices in global markets, lower sales volumes and an important scheduled maintenance
work that included important work for “Bottom of the barrel” project.
“By being
able to act rapidly and react to ever-changing macroeconomic conditions, we
managed to record stable financial results in last quarter of 2024. However,
uncertainties and dynamic changes in the market and not very optimistic outlook
in the global markets remains our focus for 2025“, – said ORLEN Lietuva CEO
Zbigniew Paszkowicz.
The CEO of
ORLEN Lietuva added that the company is working on its long-term developm
Total sales
volumes were down by 13%, however, inland sales – a stable source of energy for
Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Poland and Ukrainian markets – were only 2%
lower, compared with last quarter of 2023, with seaborne sales reduced by 34%.
During last
quarter of 2024 company performed a planned maintenance work in the refinery,
including important work related to “Bottom of the barrel” project – the main
area of focus for “ORLEN Lietuva” team. This meant refinery’s capacity
utilization indicator was 71%, which is 16 p.p. lower than in same period last
year.
“ORLEN
Lietuva” has been the largest taxpayer in the country for a number of years and
is a very important
part of the Lithuanian economy. Since 2006, for acquisition and modernization
of refinery in
Mažeikiai ORLEN has invested almost 4,5 billion Euro. In addition, “ORLEN
Lietuva” operates the
crucial Būtingė terminal in Lithuania, the main port for feedstock supplies.
Several years ago, the company acquired and is currently modernizing the
Mockava railway terminal, an important transshipment station for the smooth
export of products to Poland and Ukraine.
ORLEN Group
is an integrated, diversified energy group, included in the prestigious Fortune
Global 500 and Platts TOP250 lists. It was the first group in the region to
announce its ambition to achieve climate neutrality targets in 2050. It has
recently joined the list of the 150 largest companies in the world thanks to
the completion of a number of recent mergers and acquisitions. ORLEN Group
today operates in 10 markets: Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Canada, Norway and Pakistan.
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