In February 2020, ORLEN Upstream Sp. z o.o. was awarded the 1/2020/L Koszalin â PolanÃ³w contract in northern Poland.  The 1,111 sq km Koszalin â PolanÃ³w permit is located approximately 130 km west-southwest of the city of Gdansk. In a geological sense, the tract is falling within the Danish-Polish Marginal Trough.  The potential reservoirs in the area include the Devonian and Permian (Zechstein) series, developed in the carbonate facies.  The award is the result of the countryâs 2018 tender call (Round 2) that closed on 7 August 2018.  Background Information  The Ministry of the Environment approved list of ten areas selected for offering in the 2017 tender call (Round 2) for prospection, exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons on 29 June 2016. In the late 2017, following amendments, the areas Bzie â Debina â Strumien (76 sq km) and Ustronie N (1,163 sq km) had been removed from the offer.  The catalogue of the areas on offer in the Round 2 was as follows: Bochnia (234 sq km), Damnica (1,038 sq km), Debrzno â CzluchÃ³w (1,159 sq km), Koszalin â PolanÃ³w (1,111 sq km), Sucha Beskidzka-Wisniowa (983 sq km), Szamotuly â Poznan PÃ³lnoc (1,138 sq km), ZlotÃ³w - Zabartowo (1,070 sq km), Zarnowiec (1,121 sq km).  On 8 May 2018, MoE published the notes 2018/C 163/01 through 2018/C 163/08 in the EU Official Journal, thus opening the tender calls for the respective selected areas. Bids were to be submitted to the headquarters of the Ministry of the Environment no later than on the last day of the 91-day period commencing on the day following the date of publication of the notice in the EU Official Journal. The tender closed on 7 August 2018.  News from early October 2018 stated that ORLEN Upstream Sp. z o.o. applied for the Koszalin â PolanÃ³w area. The application of ORLEN Upstream was in competition with an offer lodged by Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG).
ORLEN was awarded the 1/2020/L Koszalin â PolanÃ³w (1111kmÂ²) and 2/2020/L DÄbrzno â CzÅuchÃ³w contract SW of Gdansk in the Danish-Polish Marginal Trough.