LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas ( bg, ЛУКОЙЛ Нефтохим Бургас), based in

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, is the largest

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in the Balkans and the largest industrial enterprise in Bulgaria. Owned by

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n oil giant LUKOIL, the

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has the biggest contribution among the privately owned enterprises to the country's

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and to the state budget revenues. LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas is the leading producer and supplier of

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s and

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s for Bulgaria and the region and one of the leading companies in its field in

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In November 2021, Competition commission of Bulgaria accused Bulgarian branch of “Lukoil” of abuse of market dominance, due to, despite company`s biggest warehouse and logistics infrastructure on local oil market, Lukoil`s withdrawal to stock oil from other companies at Lukoil taxable warehouses, switched to main oil terminals in Bulgaria as well as to provide access to pipes for transportation of imported oil. In return, “LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas” has brought into focus, that any of the rules on Bulgarian oil market weren`t violated by the company. In 2022, it announced that it could only work with Russian oil grade "Ural". After he managed to avoid the embargo on Russian oil, he produces his fuel at several times lower cost, which he sells now at market prices. The refinery is also under investigation for tax evasion and financial manipulation.

Products

Fuels

LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas AD produces the following petrochemical products: * Motor

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А-92 /export outside the EU/ * Motor gasoline А-95 under EN-228 /Euro-5/ * Motor gasoline А-98 under EN-228 /Euro-5/ * Low octane gasoline /LOG/ *

Diesel fuel Diesel fuel , also called diesel oil, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and ...

without bio component under EN-590 /Euro-5/ *

with bio component B4 under EN-590 /Euro-5/ *

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0,1% S * Jet fuel А-1 * Fuel oil * Bitumen * Vacuum residue

Other products

* Propane-butane under EN-589. * Process Sulfur (palletized and "lumps").

Polymers

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Workplace

LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas employs 1,348 people (2019), the average salary being the highest among industrial companies in the country. The

has operated entirely on self-produced electric power since 23 May 2000 and uses water from the nearby

Lake Mandrensko Lake Mandrensko or Lake Mandra ( bg, Мандренско езеро, ''Mandrensko ezero'') is the southernmost of the Burgas Lakes, located in the immediate proximity of the Black Sea and close to Burgas. Being 8 km long and 1.3 km wide at maxim ...

References

External links

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