Bulgaria: Lukoil selling oil refinery in Burgas

“Lukoil” has started a procedure for the sale of the oil refinery in Burgas, Finance Minister Asen Vassilev has said in an interview with the British newspaper “Financial Times”. According to him, Lukoil’s decision to part with its largest refinery in Southeast Europe is due to government pressure on Russian companies. “There is probably an…

Ukraine: Kyiv allocates more than UAH 1 billion for winter preparations and energy infrastructure repairs

Kyiv authorities have allocated more than UAH 1 billion to make preparations for the winter period and renovate the energy infrastructure objects damaged by Russian attacks. The relevant statement was made by Kyiv City State Administration Deputy Head Petro Panteleiev during a briefing. “Regarding preparations for the heating season, all necessary preventive maintenance works were…

Ukraine: 1.5 GW added to power grid

Of the planned 1.7 GW of additional capacity, 1.5 GW have already been added to the national power system, German Galushchenko, Ukraine’s Energy Minister has said. “In Ukraine, the largest-ever repair campaign is ongoing to restore energy facilities damaged by Russian attacks as preparations are being made for the next heating season. In particular, of…