Lukoil

Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in Brussels that he was "very happy" that the agreement reached yesterday with European partners had been confirmed and that Bulgaria would have a postponement of the purchase of Russian oil.

"If the import of Russian oil to Bulgaria stops, the only oil refinery in Bulgaria, Lukoil Neftochim Burgas, will stop working." This was said by the Chairman of the Management Board of the company Ilshat Sharafutdinov. According to him, it is possible to seek oil imports from other countries, but this will take time.

Replacing Russian gas with an alternative will increase the price of natural gas by at least 40%, Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said.

He was summoned to parliament's energy committee to answer current questions.

"No one expected such a rapid and massive attack with casualties in Ukraine. One-third of the Ukrainian army has already been destroyed, there are explosions all over the country," Prime Minister Kirill Petkov told reporters in Brussels.

 Ministry of Finance requested by the Ministry of Interior to conduct a check over the digging operations in Varna Lake.

The request was announced to BTV by the acting Minister of Finance Asen Vassilev. He clarified that for this case his administration does not have certain conclusions for a committed crime and therefore directs the signal to the "Economy Police".

Zagreb – The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) has given Slovenia’s energy company Petrol a green light on the takeover of Croatian petroleum products seller Crodux as well as authorised the Iskra electronics group to acquire Croatian electric cable manufacturer Elka.

Border police officers, tax inspectors and customs officials will begin an inspection of Russian oil giant Lukoil's oil port located near the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas on Wednesday.

The co-chairman of Democratic Bulgaria Hristo Ivanov is very concerned that the prosecutor's office has not checked whether it was Prime Minister Boyko Borissov voice in the notorious audio recording, meanwhile it is verified whether what is on the recording corresponds to what is quoted.

The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) sealed the office of the Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association, the commission announced. This happened after a sudden on-site inspection. It was undertaken in the course of proceedings to establish possible infringements of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in setting the prices of bulk automotive fuels. 

LUKOIL-BULGARIA joins the National Campaign of the Bulgarian Medical Association "FOR THE HEROES IN WHITE" by donating 20,000 liters of fuel. It was provided in the form of plastic cards and will be prioritized where it is most needed.