Renato Schifani
Lapresse
The bridging solution is ready for Lukoil in Priolo
“Today the cdm the trusteeship administration will decree a buffer, temporary solution to prevent the blockage of the machines and of the activity and the consequent occupational catastrophe. It is an important solution that will eventually allow the sale of the Lukoil“. He said it in Aula in the Sicilian Regional Assembly during his programmatic statements the Sicilian governor, Renato Schifaniadding: “In the absence of possible buyers, however, nationalization cannot be ruled out. We will monitor and do our part. We are following this matter carefully and have made ourselves available to any form of collaboration, also providing that Irfis can do its part by implementing the guarantee Sace“.
Crossbridge Energy Partners interested in purchasing
Crossbridge Energy Partners, an American private equity group, is negotiating an agreement with the Russian Lukoil which would evaluate the refinery Isab to Priolo at 1-1.5 billion euros. The Financial Times reports it, indicating well-informed sources on the dossier to the attention of the Italian government in these hours. Talks between the US group and Lukoil began earlier this year and accelerated at the end of the summer, when Crossbridge executives were engaged in a twelve-day due diligence at the Sicilian plant, whose fate will remain uncertain from the next December 5, when the embargo on Russian oil will come into effect.
Crossbridge’s return would also see energy company Vitol enter the field, making it the main supplier of crude oil for the refinery and the distributor of the fuels it produces. In case the deal with Vitol fails, Trafigura would be ready to join. In any case, stresses the financial newspaper, any buyer chosen by Lukoil should get government support Melonswhich is, in the meantime, evaluating a “buffer solution” for Isab.
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