PERN expands its fuel base in Boronów – 10,000 metres of six. more capacity for diesel

Noting the progress of the work carried out in Boronów, PERN recalled that the project belongs to the second stage of the expansion of fuel bases under the company's strategic strategy for the energy security of the state, the Megainvestment Programme.

"The fuel base No. 3 in Boronów completed the complex roof assembly process on the built tank. The implementation of this investment will give PERN customers an additional 10,000 metres of capacity for storage of diesel", the company announced in a Monday communication. As she stressed, "the installation of the tank roof is often the biggest challenge at the time of construction, because it is a very difficult and precise operation that can prevent even a minimal change in weather".

Referring to the details of the work, as conducted in Boronów, PERN stated that the roof structure, in this case with a diameter of 34.5 metres and weighing 110 tons, is prepared in the square next to the tank and then mounted on the tank. "A caterpillar crane with a load capacity of 450 tonnes was used to perform this task, which raised the roof to about 20 metres high and moved it to the tank. Although the operation itself lasted several dozen minutes, preparations for it – several hours. Now the roof will be welded into the tank coat" - explained the company.

PERN Vice-President Tadeusz Zwierzyński assessed that the expansion of the base in Boronów is a good example of the fact that despite the more difficult conditions associated with the coronavirus epidemic, "consistently and according to plan" the company implements its investment plans. "We are planning to finish the project in December of this year," he announced.

PERN recalled that as part of the second stage of the expansion of its storage capacity, the company was also building new tanks in Dębogórze, Emilianów, Rejowc and Małaszewicz fuel bases, and in early June the tank was already put into service at the base in Koluszki. "This will give a total of 222 thousand metres of additional capacity," said PERN.

At the same time, the company stated that preparations for the third stage of the expansion of fuel bases are also underway. She pointed out that "the degree of implementation will depend on the market situation, fuel consumption and storage needs and fuel trading".

PERN is a state strategic entity for the energy security of Poland, responsible, among others, for pressing oil pipelines, including domestic refineries: PKN Orlen in Płock and Lotos Group in Gdańsk, as well as for two refineries in Germany and for storing both raw materials and liquid fuels.

In May, PERN informed that this year, for the Megainvestment Programme, which was included in the strategy of this company by 2022, it would allocate nearly PLN 550 million. PERN explained at the time that the Megainvestment programme, in addition to the construction of new fuel tanks as well as oil oil, also included the construction of an additional reverse oil thread on the Płock-Gdansk route and the construction of a product pipeline from Boronowa to Trzebina.

In November 2017, the Council of Ministers adopted a document "Policy of the Polish Government for the logistics infrastructure in the oil sector", according to which PERN is to support diversification of oil supplies to Poland, as well as to play a "leading role" in the storage of this raw material and fuels, "taking care to balance the entire storage system", including the expansion of storage capacities.

Z końcem 2019 r. PERN zapowiedział, że łączny plan inwestycji i remontów zatwierdzony tam przez Walne Zgromadzenie wyniesie ponad 1 mld zł w 2020 r., natomiast zaktualizowane plany nakładów inwestycyjnych w latach 2018–22 to ok. 3,1 mld zł – wcześniej spółka podawała 2,7 mld zł.

Source: PAP