Profits of Oil Trader Petrol Soar 556 Percent in 2001

Ljubljana, 25 February - Slovenia's largest oil trader Petrol reported unaudited profits of SIT 4.2 billion (EUR 18.82 million) in 2001, an increase of 556 percent over the year before. The group's sales revenues were up three percent in the same period to total SIT 272.5 billion (EUR 1.22 billion), the company reported on Monday.