• Net Profit:

  • In 2024, Orlen's net profit amounted to 7.95 billion PLN, compared to 20.97 billion PLN in 2023.

• Sales Revenue:

  • Dropped to 296.95 billion PLN in 2024 from 372.77 billion PLN in 2023.

• Dividend:

  • The board recommends a dividend payout of 6 PLN per share for 2024, an increase from 4.15 PLN per share in 2023.
  • The total amount allocated for dividends is 6.966 billion PLN.

• Business Segments:

  • Refining: Revenue decreased by 16.89 billion PLN (5% year-over-year), mainly due to lower gasoline (-9%), diesel (-10%), jet fuel (-10%), and light heating oil (-9%) prices.
  • Energy: Revenue fell by 10.04 billion PLN, impacted by a 12% drop in sales volume to 28.5 TWh and a 19% lower electricity price on the Polish Power Exchange.
  • Petrochemicals: Revenue increased by 760 million PLN due to a 9% growth in sales volume to 4.788 million tons and higher prices for key products such as ethylene (+1%), benzene (+11%), polyethylene (+5%), and polypropylene (+3%).
  • Retail: Revenue rose by 4.65 billion PLN as fuel sales volume increased by 11% to 11.308 million tons.
  • Upstream (Oil & Gas Production): Revenue grew by 882 million PLN due to a 23% increase in sales volume, driven by higher hydrocarbon production and the consolidation of the KUFPEC Norway AS acquisition.

• Overall Takeaway:

  • Despite a significant decline in net profit and revenue, Orlen plans to distribute a record dividend, reflecting its strategy of sharing profits with shareholders.

Einer Greenpeace-Studie zufolge werden die Treibhausgasemissionen von 9 großen europäischen Fossilkonzernen (darunter auch die OMV) im Jahr 2022 zu mindestens 360.000 vorzeitigen Todesfällen allein aufgrund von Extremtemperaturen führen. Dabei gehen die Autor:innen aufgrund einer Übersichtsstudie davon aus, dass 9.318 Tonnen CO₂ im Jahr 2020 statistisch gesehen zu einem zusätzlichen Todesfall bis 2100 führen werden. https://taz.de/Studie-zu-Fossilkonzernen/!5978273/

Studie: https://www.greenpeace.org/nl/todaysemissionstomorrowsdeaths/

In Polen hat die Staatsfirma Orlen lange enormer Gewinne mit fossilen Brennstoffen aus Russland gemacht. Damit hat sie sich u.a. in die Regionalpresse eingekauft, um dort Propaganda für die rechtskonservative Regierung zu machen.