In Brief: Jasło's new fuel depot; Chemical plants; Polnord's portfolio; Geant

A zł.27 million fuel depot was opened Monday in the Jasło refinery and it will allow the annual shipment of half a million tones of fuel. Ryszard Strygar, technical director in the company, assured that the project meets all EU requirements and standards. (Parkiet, p. 7) ... Deputy President of Nafta Polska (NP) Jacek Walczykowski assured that the three chemical plants, Police, Tarnów and Kędzierzyn might be privatized later this year. NP is currently carrying out due diligence on the firms and over the next few weeks it should transfer the right to the shares from the state to itself. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Construction company Polnord will expand the Tesco hypermarket in Gdynia and thus earn zł.40 million. Polnord has currently an order portfolio which exceeds zł.300 million for this year, while a year earlier the figure amounted to almost zł.309 million. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... French hypermarket chain Geant now allows all its customers in Poland to pay with euros in its stores. "The exchange rate is more favorable than in banks. We give change in złoty," said Renata Gejło from Geant Polska. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) M.M.