Poland still eyeing strategic investor for refiner Lotos

摘要

Warsaw-Poland is still hoping to privatize its second-largest refiner, Grupa Lotos, despite abandoning attempts at a sale last month, Polish Treasury Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski said late January 19. At the end of December, Poland scrapped the privatization of Lotos after it received no binding offers to purchase the government's 53.2% stake (ON 12/22/11). "Depending on the market situation, we will look for a strategic investor for Grupa Lotos," Budzanwoski said at an energy confer- ence in Warsaw.