Polish Oil & Gas, Where are You Going?
The refining sector in Europe has undergone a pivotal change over the last decade: as recently as ten years ago, refineries were considered to be industrial plants demonstrating the strength of an economy. Today, they are often issue assets for their owners.
Going forward, European refiners are set to face a decline in demand for liquid fuels as a result of technology and regulatory changes. This is also a challenge for Poland, which has adopted specific goals and is running projects designed to transform not only one sector, but the whole economy.
After WWII Poland remained in the USSR's sphere of influence, which hindered the possibility of adapting and implementing state-of-the-art technologies. Poland often had to catch up with Western standards, and it was the 1970s that saw it move closer to other European countries in terms of car ownership. A license to produce a small-displacement car for the mass market was purchased from Italy's Fiat. Two new factories were put into operation, and conceptual and research work on new vehicles was being developed. The result was that while there were 6 cars per 100 households in 1974, by 1979 this number rose to 19.
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