Poland to receive fuel from NATO: Strategic investment on the horizon

In the presence of the deputy minister of defence, a framework cooperation agreement was signed between the NATO Investment Unit (Zakład Inwestycji Organizacji Traktatu Północnego, ZIOTP) and PERN to carry out a programme to expand Poland’s fuel infrastructure and link it to NATO’s pipeline system.

„In December 2024, NATO’s strategic commands — SHAPE and ACT — announced a list of investments. On that list were projects concerning Poland’s connection to the wider NATO pipeline system. The past months have been devoted to working out the details — among ourselves and within the government. I am proud to announce that NATO Headquarters, specifically the NATO Resource Office, has granted Poland funds to plan and design the investment I’ve mentioned. Under our agreement, the investment will be planned and designed by the NATO Investment Unit,” said Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk, stressing that the project will be implemented over a number of years.   

The planned connection of Poland’s section to the Central European Pipeline System (CEPS) is a strategic decision that will significantly bolster Poland’s security. Access to NATO’s fuel pipeline would allow Poland to receive fuel from the West in the event of a wartime contingency. „CEPS has operated in Western Europe since the Cold War,” said Mariusz Marszałkowski, deputy editor-in-chief of Defence24.pl. 

„A timeframe for this undertaking can be set — as I mentioned earlier — only after the pipeline has been planned and designed. Then, following approval by the North Atlantic Council and all member states, implementation can begin. We are already clear: decisions at the NATO planning level have been made. These investments are listed as priorities,” he added.