Energy Ministry Has No Information about Sale of Lukoil Neftohim Burgas - Minister Malinov

Energy Ministry Has No Information about Sale of Lukoil Neftohim Burgas - Minister Malinov

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Caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov Wednesday said that neither him nor the Energy Ministry have information about the sale of the Lukoil Neftohim Burgas oil refinery. He was speaking at a news briefing in relation to a story by Financial Times reading that according to the daily's sources, Russian state energy group Lukoil is planning to sell its refinery in Bulgaria - its largest asset in the Balkans - to a Qatari-British consortium by the end of the year, CE Report quotes BTA

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