The Czech Republic

Fuels
In 2007, the Czech refinery plants of ORLEN Group processed in total over 4.1 million tonnes of crude oil, i.e. 3.3 percent less than in the previous year. The small decrease in raw material processing was caused by the planned maintenance standstill of the Litvinov refi nery plant in the second half of 2007.

The 77-day standstill of the installation in Litvinov had a direct influence on the volume of petrol and liquefied gas production in 2007. As a result of a warm winter, a fall in demand for light heating oil was an additional factor in the decrease in heating fuel production of over 22 percent. The increase in diesel oil production in the Czech refinery plants was possible due to the application by the Litvinov refinery plant of new production technology in Chamber 11, and also the reorientation of Kralup’s production from heating oil to diesel engine fuel.

Production volume of selected refinery products in Unipetrol in 2006–2007 (’000 tonnes)

	2006	2007	Dynamics
Crude oil processing	4 280	4 136	-3,30%
Total engine petrol	781	769	-1,50%
Total diesel oil	1 547	1 592	2,90%
Light heating oil	54,6	42,3	-22,50%
Aviation fuel	66	74	12,10%
Liquefied gas	149	124	-16,70%
Total fuels	2 697,60	2 601,30	-3,50%
Fuel output (%)	63	62,9	-0,1 pp
Output of white products (%)	73	72	-1,0 pp
Index of refinery exploitation (%)	77,8	75,2	-2,6 pp

* 51% Litvinov (2,8 mt/r), 51% Kralupy (1,7 mt/r) and 100% Paramo (1,0 mt/y): total- 5,5 mt/y.

Bitumen
In 2007, the bitumen produced by Paramo a.s. totalled over 127 thousand tonnes, almost 0.5 percent less than in 2006.

Volume of bitumen production by Paramo in 2006–2007 (tonnes)

	2006	2007	Dynamics
Ordinary road bitumen	65 818	74 601	13,30%
Modified bitumen	3 756	3 944	5,00%
Industrial bitumen	58 234	48 670	-16,40%
Pitches and specific bitumen products	15 620	15 766	0,90%