New Market Research Report: Poland Oil & Gas Competitive Intelligence Report Q4 2010

Nov. 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Competitive Landscape Analysis

* The main government vehicles are upstream operator PGNiG, with partly privatised PKN Orlen and Grupa Lotos responsible for refining activities. These two companies are also the leading players in fuels distribution, but IOCs have a growing share of the downstream oil segment. PKN Orlen and Grupa Lotos have been holding talks on cooperation with a view to a potential merger. Both companies are concerned by the threat of a hostile takeover, either from a major Central European player or a Russian company.
* IOC downstream involvement is extensive, but limited largely to distribution of fuels, LPG and lubricants. BP, Shell and Statoil are the biggest foreign competitors in the fuels market.
* Grupa Lotos has a 120,000b/d refinery at Gdansk that is being enlarged and upgraded. The firm now owns or operates some 355 retail sites and is aiming for a network of 500 under its retail development programme.
* PKN Orlen holds 40% of the overall Polish fuels market, including around 26% of the retail segment through a chain of 1,803 retail outlets. It has 76% of national refining capacity and operates the country's largest plant, Plock. Total capacity is 377,000b/d.
* PERN is the owner and operator of all of Poland's major oil pipelines and owns a number of oil tank farms located along its pipelines. In November 2009 it received 100% of the shares in OLPP from the state.
* BP has over 380 retail outlets and a market share estimated at 5%. It is the second largest LPG supplier in Poland. Lubricants are marketed under the BP, Aral and Castrol brand names.
* Statoil operates a network of 292 service stations in Poland -- ranking it fifth behind PKN Orlen, Lotos, BP and Shell -- with an estimated market share of 4%.
* Shell's chain of 349 retail outlets provides the group with a market share of around 5%. The major has indicated that it is looking to increase its Polish network to around 550 sites.
* MOL originally targeted Poland using fuels supplied by the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava. It has a cooperation agreement with PKN Orlen. In 2006 it agreed the sale of its Slovnaft sites in Poland.
* Aurelian Oil & Gas, a British explorer listed on the AIM market in London, completed a study in March 2008 that found deposits of natural gas that could exceed 5bcm in the Poznan area.
* Fortum Polska (Neste Oil) operates 105 unmanned service stations under the Neste brand. The company plans to expand its network to up to 150 stations.

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Report Table of Contents:

- Competitive Landscape Analysis
- Table: Key Players -- Poland Oil And Gas Sector
- Overview/State Role
- International Energy Relations
- Table: Key Upstream Players
- Table: Key Downstream Players
Company Profiles
- PKN Orlen
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- Grupa Lotos
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG)
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- Przedsiebiorstwo Eksploatacji Rurociagow Naftowych (PERN)
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Recent Developments
- BP Poland
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Latest Developments
- Shell Poland
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Aurelian Oil and Gas
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Recent Developments
- FX Energy
- Market Position
- Strategy
- Recent Developments
- Statoil - Summary
- MOL - Summary
- ExxonMobil - Summary
- Neste Oil - Summary
- Gaz System - Summary
- Operator Logistyczny Paliw Piynnych (OLPP) - Summary
- Talisman Energy - Summary
- Lane Energy - Summary
- Gold Point Energy- Summary
- BNK Petroleum - Summary
- Petrolinvest - Summary
- ConocoPhillips - Summary
- Chevron - Summary
- Marathon Oil - Summary
Market Attractiveness Analysis
- Poland Energy Market Overview
- Oil and Gas Infrastructure
- Oil Refineries
- Table: Refineries In Poland
- Piock Refinery
- Gdansk Refinery
- Trzebinia Refinery
- Service Stations
- Oil Storage Facilities
- Oil Terminals/ Ports
- Oil Pipelines
- Druzhba (Eastern Section)
- Druzhba (Western Section)
- Pomorski Pipeline
- LNG Terminals
- Gas Storage Facilities
- Table: Gas Storage Facilities In Poland
- Gas Pipelines
- Yamal-Europe
- Nord Stream
- Nabucco
- Poland-Lithuania
SWOT Analysis
- Poland Business Environment SWOT
Risk-Reward Ratings
- Business Environment Ratings
- Central/Eastern Europe Region
- Composite Scores
- Table: Regional Composite Business Environment Rating
- Upstream Scores
- Table: Regional Upstream Business Environment Rating
- Poland Upstream Rating -- Overview
- Poland Upstream Rating -- Potential Returns
- Poland Upstream Rating -- Risks To Potential Returns
- Downstream Scores
- Table: Regional Downstream Business Environment Rating
- Poland Downstream Rating -- Overview
- Poland Downstream Rating -- Potential Returns
- Poland Downstream Rating -- Risks To Potential Returns
Business Development Directory

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