The central oil tank farm is used for the storage of strategic emergency oil reserves, as well as the short-term intermediate storage for oil transported by the Druzhba and IKL oil pipelines, for blending various types of oil according to customer requirements and for distributing oil to customers – refineries.
The steel tanks are located above ground, and are equipped with a steel emergency collection sump and a floating roof. The tank farm with a total area of approximately 59 ha is located in the districts of Mělník and Kladno, in the cadastral territories of the municipalities of Nelahozeves, Podhořany, Uhy and Sazená. The largest part is located in the cadastral territory of Nelahozeves.