18-21 October 2005, Warsaw, Poland

The World Refining Association are delighted to announce their 2005 Central and Eastern European Refining and Petrochemicals 8th Annual Roundtable is co-hosted with PKN ORLEN, taking place from 18 – 21 October 2005. Within the majority of Central and Eastern European major refineries, a lot of investment has taken place and refiners in countries that joined the EU in May 2004 have undergone costly upgrades to remove sulphur, reducing the need for imports into the region to plug any gap in fuel quality.

Refiners in Eastern European countries yet to join the EU have also been looking ahead to the forthcoming 2007 Accession and are starting to invest in desulphurisation units or are preparing for upgrades in the next few years. Whilst overall within the sector, there has been heavy investment to meet stricter EU quality requirements.

Privatisations, mergers and acquisitions continue to dominate the sector, ensuring key local players become stronger to enable them to strengthen their position both regionally and internationally.

To keep on track of developments such as those mentioned above, participate within the World Refining Associations Annual Central and Eastern European Roundtable, which is recognised as the only event capable of delivering an agenda and speaker panel that the sector demands.