“Safety is a top-priority topic for us. We conduct an extra emergency drill each year even though the law sets out the interval for the emergency plan check once in three years. During the upcoming exercise, we will put the emergency plan’s effectiveness to the test, as well as the up-to-datedness of the operational and safety documentation of the newly commissioned polyethylene unit, PE3, and cooperation of all emergency response units. This time, we will simulate an isobutene leak from a technology facility connected with an explosion and subsequent fire. We will train evacuation of people in the petrochemistry administrative building,” explains Adam Jarosz, a member of the Board of Directors of the Unipetrol Group, who is responsible for the management of occupational health protection and procedural safety, the environment and investment projects.
In cooperation with the Police of the Czech Republic, the emergency liquidation training will also involve a test of the warning and notification system. It means that from 9.15 am, there will be a temporary five-minute closure of Road I/27 (between Most and Litvínov), Road III/0272 (towards Komořany), Road III/2541 (Towards Horní Jiřetín), and Road III/02710 (from Most to Mariánské Radčice).
The Unipetrol Group is the largest refinery and petrochemical company in the Czech Republic. It focuses on crude-oil processing and on the production, distribution and sale of vehicle fuels and petrochemical products – particularly plastics and fertilizers. In all these areas, it belongs among the important players on the Czech and Central European market. The Unipetrol Group encompasses refineries and production plants in Litvínov and Kralupy nad Vltavou, Paramo with its Mogul brand in Pardubice and Kolín, Spolana Neratovice, and two research centers in Litvínov and Brno. Unipetrol also includes a network of Benzina filling stations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With 417 filling stations, Benzina is the largest chain in the Czech Republic. Unipetrol is one of the largest companies in terms of turnover in the Czech Republic. It earned over CZK 130 billion last year and employs more than 4,800 persons. In addition to its business development, Unipetrol is proud to be a socially responsible corporation. Therefore, it pays an equal amount of attention to initiatives which focus on the cultivation and support of sustainable development, education, local communities, and the environment. In 2005, Unipetrol became a member of the PKN Orlen Group, the largest crude-oil processor in Central Europe.