Nafta Polska asks Rotch-Orlen for details of RG bid

Nafta Polska, the state agency responsible for oil sector sell-offs, has asked British-based Rotch Energy and PKN Orlen to provide further details of their joint bid for the Gdansk Refinery (RG), the country's number two refiner. Earlier this week, Nafta was expected to give the government its recommendation on the long-delayed sale after privately-owned Rotch and central Europe's top oil refining group Orlen placed their final offer in early December. According to Nafta head Maciej Gierej, a response from the Rotch-Orlen consortium is expected by the end of the year. Gierej would not say when the privatization deal could be closed or what further questions the agency had asked the consortium. The RG acquisition would boost Orlen's refining capacity to around 450,000 barrels per day and add around 400 stations to its 1,900-plus retail network. (Reuters) J.K.