• CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Natural gas is the cleanest and most environmentally friendly of all fossil fuels...Read more

  • WELL DRILLING PADThe size of a typical drilling pad is about 1 hectare. To compare, the floorage of an average shopping centre is 4.5 hectares... Read more

  • SECURING OF WELL DRILLING PADA drilling pad as well as the adjacent pool are reinforced and tightened with concrete slabs. Protective foil is additionally laid where necessary.

  • WORK NOISEWell drilling does not produce onerous noise. The intensity of sounds generated in connection with drilling work is lower than that generated by street traffic.Read more

  • SAFETY OF FRACTURING PROCESSIn Poland, exploration wells in shale rock are drilled to depths of over 2.5 km.Read more

  • COMPOSITION OF FRACTURING FLUIDFracturing fluid is 95% water. Read more

  • NO MAJOR LANDSCAPE INTERFERENCEIf gas production is launched, the land surrounding the isolated, secured zone, is subject to a reclamation treatment. Read more

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Contents

32. Trade and other Payables

in PLN m

Dec 31 2012 Dec 31 2011
Trade payables 1,310 1,266
Trade payables to related entities 3 15
VAT payable 1,390 991
Other taxes, customs duties and social security contributions payable 201 155
Amounts payable under purchase of non-financial non-current assets 381 393
Amounts payable under purchase of non-financial non-current assets to related entities 6 26
Additional contribution to equity payable under a relevant resolution* 85 85
Amounts payable to equity-accounted associated and jointly-controlled entities 7 7
Other amounts payable to related entities 1 1
Accruals and deferred income and prepaid deliveries 174 233
Other trade and other payables 109 64
Total 3,667 3,236
Including liabilities to related entities (Note 38.1.) 17 49

* Dispute concerning additional contributions to the equity of PI Gazotech Sp. z o.o.; for details, see Note 42.1.

Dispute concerning additional contributions to the equity of PI Gazotech Sp. z o.o.; for details, see Note 42.1.