PKN ORLEN is the largest refiner and distributor of oil in Poland. The company owns a total of 7 refineries (including 3 in the Czech Republic and 1 in Lithuania) and has some 2,700 retail sites in the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, and Poland. PKN ORLEN owns chemical maker Anwil, has holdings in several other Polish companies, and controls Czech refiner and retailer UNIPETROL. 2 former state monopolies, Petrochemia Plock (Poland's largest refinery) and Centrala Produktow Naftowych (Poland's #1 petroleum distributor), merged in 1999 to create PKN ORLEN. The Polish government still owns 27% of the company.