PERN Przyjazn SA joint stock Oil Pipeline Operation Company "Przyjaźń" is one of leading companies for oil transportation and storage in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. The company is based in Płock and overlooks catering of oil and gas through Poland to eastern European markets.

History

PERN Przyjazn SA was established in 1959, as per the resolution of the Economy Committee of the Ministerial Board of Poland, based on agreements between Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

, Poland and GDR on oil supply and transportation and was a part of the larger Druzhba pipeline

Druzhba pipeline

The Druzhba pipeline is the world's longest oil pipeline and in fact one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the world. It carries oil some from the eastern part of the European Russia to points in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany...

 project which would connect USSR with Poland, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

, GDR and Hungary.
The company and the pipeline network started operating in 1962. The eastern part of the pipeline connecting Adamowo

Adamowo

Adamowo may refer to the following places:*Adamowo, Brodnica County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *Adamowo, Lipno County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship...

 and Płock was completed and started operating in 1972. The second part of the pipeline connecting Płock and Schwedt

Schwedt

Schwedt is a city in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the largest city of the district Uckermark near the Oder river on the border with Poland.-Overview:...

 became operational in 1973. In 1975, PERN Przyjazn SA extended its pipeline network with a two-way pipeline, named Rurociąg Pomorski which connected Płock to a port city of Gdansk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

.
Other extensions are Płock–Koluszki

Koluszki

Koluszki is a town, and a major railway junction, in Central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, about 20 km east of Łódź. Population: 13,331 . The junction in Koluszki serves trains that go from Warsaw to Łódź , Wrocław, Częstochowa and Katowice. Also, it is connected with Radom and Lublin by an...

 connection in 1968, Płock–Mościska

Mosciska

Mościska may refer to the following places:*Polish name of Mostyska in Ukraine*Mościska, district of the town of Orzesze in south Poland*Mościska, Chełm County in Lublin Voivodeship *Mościska, Parczew County in Lublin Voivodeship...

 in 1970, Mościska-Emilianów

Emilianów

Emilianów may refer to the following places:*Emilianów, Łowicz County in Łódź Voivodeship *Emilianów, Sieradz County in Łódź Voivodeship *Emilianów, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County in Łódź Voivodeship...

 in 1975. In 1992, Płock–Koluszki was extended to Częstochowa

Czestochowa

Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 240,027 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of Częstochowa Voivodeship...

. In 25 year period, starting from 1968, the company extended and commissioned over 620 kilometres (385.3 mi) of oil pipelines. Currently, PERN Przyjazn SA operates nearly 2500 kilometres (1,553.4 mi) of piping network.

Ownership

The company is completely owned by the government of Poland. The government has reportedly considered privatizing PERN Przyjazn SA in the past and in 2008 made an official announcement. According to Treasury Minister, Aleksander Grad, the privatization would be completed in the next four years under a special program prepared by the Treasury Ministry. The government is expected to raise around PLZ 5-7 billion from the privatization.
It is considered one of the most profitable enterprises in the country. The company spends nearly $40–50 million annually for modernization of the pipeline network. In 2002, the PERN Przyjazn SA purchased the controlling stake of Naftoport

Naftoport

Naftoport Ltd is a company which manages crude oil shipment and deliveries. It is located in Gdansk, Poland. Naftoport Ltd was established in June 1991 by several Polish oil companies and Marine Commercial Port in Gdansk...

's (crude oil, heating oils, fuels terminal) shares in order to secure energy safety of the country.
In November, 2009, the company announced its plans to construct an oil storage and distribution center in Gdansk. The Gdansk hub is expected to have an overall capacity of 400,000 cubic meters of oil and will cost nearly PLZ 1 billion.