Prague, 23 December 2009– The supplies of methyl esters to PKN Orlen in the period from January to September 2010 will be delivered by 13 contractors. Unipetrol RPA will receive deliveries from OLEO CHEMICAL, a.s; Oleofin, a.s. and AGROPODNIK, akciová společnost, Jihlava. 

Over 150 companies from the European market were invited to tender. Ultimately, the cooperation offer was submitted by over 20 potential suppliers. 

In accordance with the rules of selection of bio-component suppliers, in the first stage bidders were submitting their price bids in an internet auction (on-line negotiations). In the final stage, the suppliers were selected through direct negotiations. 

The decisive factors in the ultimate selection of contractors were: the quality of the product offered, fulfillment of formal and statutory regulations stipulated in national legislation as well as commercial terms and conditions. 

The bio-components will be destined for the Polish, Lithuanian and Czech markets. Overall, PKN Orlen contracted over 400,000 tons of esters, from which almost 50,000 tons will be delivered to Unipetrol RPA.

UNIPETROL RPA, s.r.o. , is a leading Czech producer in the field of refinery, petrochemical and agrochemical raw materials, which is also reflected in the initial abbreviation “RPA”: refinery, petrochemistry, agrochemistry. The company supplies the market primarily with motor fuels, fuel oils, asphalts, liquefied petroleum products, oil hydrogenates, other refinery products, olefins and aromates, agrochemicals, alcohols, carbon black and sorbents, polyolefins (high-density polyethylene, polypropylene).

Contact: 
Blanka Růžičková 
Spokesperson for Unipetrol, a.s. 
Telephone: +420 225 001 407, +420 731 881 111 
E-mail: blanka.ruzickova@unipetrol.cz​