Now Vopak's not there, Naftobazy knows it needs another investor nowish

The privatization of Naftobazy, the petrochemical storage company, has to begin immediately now that Dutch chemical logistics firm Vopak has decided not to buy it. This means that Nafta Polska, after two years of looking for a sector investor, will have to find an alternative solution. Even though representatives of the company have been talking about the firm's debut on the stock exchange for some time, they have now come up with a new idea. "Some of the company's shares could be sold to PERN, the pipeline operator. A stake could also be bought by Orlen," said a Nafta Polska representative. "These solutions do not exclude [it] entering the stock exchange," he added. (Puls Biznesu, p.6) A.F.