Rompetrol

Speculations are rife about the potential buyer for Lukoil Neftohim Burgas refinery, with Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR emerging as the primary contender, as reported by Trud newspaper.

One of the two persons injured in a recent explosion followed by fire at the Petromidia oil refinery who were transferred to Germany lost his life on Tuesday, Rompetrol has announced. "Deeply saddened, we want to inform you that today one of the two colleagues transferred urgently to Germany for treatment in the aftermath of the incident at the Petromidia Refinery has lost his life.

Rompetrol Refinery Director General Felix Crudu-Tesloveanu said on Friday that the fire at Petromidia started at the gasoline hydrofining installation and the ensuing blast generated three more outbreaks, with the probable cause being a cracked pipe. He said that the fire broke out on a platform where there is various industrial equipment and where five people were working.

Right now, in modern circumstances where there are heightened tensions among the global players, for Kazakhstan, the biggest challenge we see is to contribute to the reduction of these tensions among these key-players, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko told AGERPRES in an interview.

Officials of Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) are carrying out on Tuesday sudden inspections at the premises of Petrol and NIS Petrol, two of the fuel retailers suspected of being part of a cartel agreement.

The inspections are part of the investigation into alleged cartel agreement between seven fuel retailers and Lukoil Neftochim oil refinery in Burgas

Officials of the Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) are conducting a sudden inspection at the premises of OMV Bulgaria on Monday.

The inspection is part of the investigation into alleged cartel agreement between seven fuel retailers and the Lukoil Nefthochim oil refinery in Burgas.

Officials of the Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) are conducting sudden inspections at the premises of Shell Bulgaria and Eko Bulgaria on Friday.

The inspections are part of the investigation into alleged cartel agreement between seven fuel retailers and the Lukoil Nefthochim oil refinery in Burgas.

Officials of the Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) are conducting sudden inspections at the offices of Lukoil Bulgaria and Rompetrol Bulgaria on Wednesday

The inspections are conducted in cooperation with the police and are part of the investigation of suspected cartel agreement between seven fuel retailers and the Lukoil Neftochim oil refinery in Burgas.

The Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) carried on Tuesday out a sudden inspection of the Bulgarian Petroleum and Gas Association based in Sofia.

The association is a non-governmental organisation protecting the interests of producers, distributors and retailers of oil and gas products.

Bulgaria's anti-trust regulator has launched a probe of seven petrol and diesel retailers over suspected price-fixing.

A separate investigation of potential abuse of dominant wholesale market position has been launched against Bulgaria's sole oil refinery Lukoil Neftochim Burgas, the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said in a statement on Thursday.