Minister changes his mind over future of oil sector

"The companies themselves might not exclude the possibility of joint cooperation and potential capital links. I am not against such an option," said Kaniewski. Last week the Minister announced that the newly appointed management of Nafta Polska would prepare a merger plan for Orlen, Lotos, southern refineries and Petrobaltic. This proposal met with strong opposition from a majority of Parliamentary deputies. Yesterday he denied the previous statements, and said, "The new management was appointed to prepare final options concerning the whole oil sector until the end of March". (Parkiet, p. 4) M.M.