MOSCOW (MRC) -- A fire erupted at a refinery of Russia's No. 2 oil producer Lukoil in the city of Perm in the Urals region, a local branch of the company, Lukoil Permnefteorgsintez said on Friday, reported Reuters.
The fire was localised at around 0300 GMT and an open combustion was extinguished two hours later, Lukoil's press service said on the local emergency service website.
As MRC informed previosly, in early February 2017, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine gave permission for the mediated purchase of plant Karpatneftekhim from the Russian group Lukoil to the Ukrainian. The Antimonopoly Committee gave permission for the purchase of a 75% stake in Lukoil Chemical B.V. (Netherlands), which owned 100% of LLC "Karpatneftekhim" (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region). According to the committee, the company Techinservice Limited (London, UK) was allowed to sell more than 25% of the Dutch Chemical Lukoil to the Ukrainian citizen through Xedrian Holding Ltd (Cyprus) - more than 50% Lukoil Chemical. And in late February 2017, Lukoil completed the sale of Karpatneftekhim, Ukraine's largest producer of polymers.
Lukoil is one of the leading vertically integrated oil company in Russia. The main activities of the company include operations for exploration and production of oil and gas, production and sale of petroleum products. Lukoil is the second largest private oil Company worldwide by proven hydrocarbon reserves. In Lukoil structure includes one of the largest Russian and Ukrainian petrochemical industries Stavrolen and Karpatneftekhim.
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