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27 billion euros for fuel infrastructure on NATO's eastern flank. Poland as a key beneficiary
At a press conference following the NATO summit in Ankara, Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte announced one of the most significant decisions for the security of the eastern flank. The Allies approved a historic investment worth 27 billion euros in the modernisation and expansion of the military fuel supply chain.
The funds will be allocated to fuel depots, distribution infrastructure, and new pipelines moving NATO’s “fuel bloodstream” toward Eastern Europe. “Allies are taking a historic step to streamline NATO’s fuel supply chain to ensure our armed forces have the energy supplies necessary to maintain combat readiness,” said Mark Rutte. “We know that this 27 billion euro investment will modernise existing fuel storage and distribution infrastructure and support new facilities, including pipelines, toward the eastern part of the Alliance.”
The decision is of particular importance for Poland. As emphasised by Deputy Minister of National Defence Cezary Tomczyk, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Investment Department (ZIOTP) within the Ministry of National Defence is working on the design of the Polish infrastructure. Poland has been actively lobbying for this investment for many months.
Na konferencji prasowej po szczycie NATO w Ankarze sekretarz generalny Mark Rutte ogłosił jedną z najważniejszych decyzji dla wschodniej flanki.
— Cezary Tomczyk (@CTomczyk) July 8, 2026
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Work on connecting Poland to NATO’s Central Europe Pipeline System (CEPS) has been ongoing for several years. This system, built during the Cold War, currently covers mainly Western European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands).
In October 2025, a preliminary agreement was signed between ZIOTP and the Polish operator PERN S.A. regarding the integration of national fuel infrastructure with the NATO system and the construction of storage facilities for Alliance forces. The Polish part of the investment involves the construction of approximately 300 kilometres (approx. 186 miles) of new pipelines – from the German border to the PERN base near Bydgoszcz. The estimated cost of this section is approximately 20 billion zloty (approx. $5 billion).
Before the Ankara summit, Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz received a strong mandate from the Visegrad Group countries and the Baltic states to actively pursue a common Alliance pipeline infrastructure – stretching from western Germany through Poland toward the Baltic states.
