A diesel hydrotreating unit at a refinery of Russian oil major company Lukoil in the city of Volgograd caught fire on Wednesday morning, two oil industry sources told Reuters.
Sergei Kochkurov has been appointed Lukoil CEO to replace Vadim Vorobyov. In 2022, Kochkurov was appointed Lukoil vice president for oil and gas production in Russia.
Kazakhstan’s KazMunayGas National Company JSC is bidding to purchase the Bulgaria-based refinery of Russia’s Lukoil PJSC, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.