Petrol, Lukoil Set to Launch Joint Venture This Year

Brnik/Moscow, 9 October - Slovenian energy company Petrol and Russian oil firm Lukoil are planning to launch their retail joint venture, Petrol Lukoil, this year. Vladimir Nekrasov, first vice president of Lukoil, told Slovenian journalists in Moscow on Sunday that there were no holdbacks on Lukoil's side; if Petrol has none, the company will be set up this year.