The segment’s principal business activity is extraction of hydrocarbons from deposits and preparation of produced hydrocarbons for sale. This involves exploring for and extracting natural gas and crude oil from deposits, and includes geological surveys, analysis of geophysical data, drilling, and development of and production of hydrocarbons from gas and oil fields. The work is conducted based on PGNiG’s own resources or jointly with partners, under joint operations agreements, in Poland and abroad. The cryogenic processing of nitrogen-rich gas yields, apart from high-methane gas, such products as liquefied natural gas (LNG), gaseous and liquid helium, and liquid nitrogen. In crude refining, crude condensate, sulfur and propane-butane are obtained. The segment relies on storage capacities available at the Daszewo and Bonikowo Underground Gas Storage Facilities.
The segment includes the following companies: PGNiG, PGNiG Upstream Norway AS, PGNiG Upstream North Africa B.V., Geofizyka Toruń sp. z o.o., and EXALO Drilling S.A.