US private equity firm Carlyle is examining the possibility of acquiring segments of Lukoil’s international portfolio, as Washington intensifies sanctions on the Russian oil company in an effort to pressure Moscow toward negotiations over Ukraine. Lukoil represents about 2 percent of global oil production through its operations in Russia and abroad. The company has announced […]
Negotiations on the sale of part of Serbian oil company NIS have entered an accelerated phase, with Russian Gazprom seeking to secure a buyer for its 11.3 percent stake. Moscow’s primary expectation is that Hungarian energy company MOL, backed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, will acquire the share package. A clearer direction is expected in
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Bulgaria’s National Assembly has taken steps that move in different directions regarding the expanded powers granted to a Government-appointed administrator for the country’s only oil refinery, Lukoil Neftochim Burgas. President Rumen Radev vetoed the amendments, arguing that the changes undermine the rule of law, contradict key European legal standards, and expose public finances to unnecessary
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Romania will fully comply with the international sanctions imposed on Lukoil and will not request an extension beyond the 21 November deadline set by U.S. authorities. Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said that the Government is working intensively on a legal mechanism that will ensure both adherence to the sanctions regime and the continued operation of
Jugopetrol, Montenegro’s main fuel distributor and a subsidiary of Greece’s Hellenic Energy, has become the sole bidder in the Government’s tender for leasing storage facilities intended for the country’s strategic petroleum reserves. The offer will now be evaluated by the national hydrocarbons administration, which will decide whether to move forward with contract negotiations. The tender,
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MOL Group CEO Zsolt Hernadi has dismissed claims that the recent fire at the company’s Danube refinery in Százhalombatta was the result of sabotage or politically motivated interference, stating that the incident was caused solely by a technical malfunction. The fire, which occurred on 20 October, originated within the refinery’s interconnected processing units and was
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According to media reports, Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holding and Azerbaijan’s state-owned energy company SOCAR are moving forward with plans to acquire Lukoil’s Neftochim Burgas refinery in Bulgaria. Their joint bid was submitted more than a year ago, reportedly surpassing several international competitors. The deal, estimated at around 2.5 billion dollars, would give the two companies
Representatives of Croatia’s state-owned pipeline operator JANAF and Hungary’s MOL Group met to assess the current situation and coordinate the next steps toward concluding a new crude oil transport agreement for the upcoming period. Initial negotiations between the two companies began in early October, focusing on a renewed contract governing the transport of crude oil
Bulgaria’s strategic fuel reserves stored within the country are sufficient to cover about one month of domestic consumption, according to Asen Asenov, head of the State Reserve Agency. He explained that roughly half of Bulgaria’s total fuel reserves are located abroad. Current figures show that Bulgaria holds gasoline reserves sufficient for approximately 35 days and
Brent crude oil futures for the front-month contract on the ICE market reached their weekly high of $64.89 per barrel on Monday, November 3, which was already 0.3 percent lower than the closing price of the previous week. Prices continued to decline until Thursday, November 6, when they hit the weekly low of $63.38 per
