LUKOIL sells 138 filling stations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary
LUKOIL signed an agreement with Hungarian companies MOL Plc. And Norm Benzinkut Kft on sales 138 filling stations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, according to a report of a Russian organization.
it is assumed that both contracts will be closed before the end of 2014. Their sum is not disclosed. Slovnaft Ceska Republica (subsidiary MOL Plc.) acquire a network of 44 filling stations for LUKOIL in the Czech Republic. Norm Benzinkut buys the 75 LUKOIL filling stations in Hungary and 19 in Slovakia.
conclusion on the sale of assets accepted " in the framework of optimization of business of LUKOIL in the sphere of sales of oil products ", the statement reads.
last week LUKOIL agreed to sell its network of filling stations in Ukraine the Austrian organization AMIC Energy Management GmbH. It is supposed, that the contract of sale will be signed in the near future. The head of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov among the reasons sale called blocking of the refueling complexes organization " Right sector and the decline in sales of petroleum products in Ukraine, 42% this year.