PKN Orlen will not be informed of Rafineria Gdanska privatization plans

Oil producer and distributor Polski Koncern Naftowy (PKN) Orlen, which is adviser to oil holding company Nafta Polska, will not receive documentation about the privatization of another oil distributor, Rafineria Gdanska (RG). "We are following the government strategy of privatizing the oil sector and thus PKN cannot receive this material," said Nafta Polska spokesman Janusz Kwiatkowski. This strategy is based on the creation of two competitive oil centers in Plock and Gdansk. "I cannot reveal the names of the companies which have received the documents, but with the exception of one all are connected with foreign capital," Kwiatkowski said. According to him RG will start preliminary talks with its investor at the beginning of next year, and they should be finished between the first and second quarter. (Parkiet, p. 8) M.M.