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Petroplus Holdings AG is Europe's largest independent oil refiner by capacity. When the company first formed in 1993 it was known as Petroplus International N.V.
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EB) Coryton refinery in England is operating as usual after a tolling agreement that kept the facility running after the company's insolvency ended last night, a Unite labor union representative said Thursday.A tanker with crude for the 220,000-barrel-a-day refinery is coming in Thursday, said Unite regional industrial organizer Russ Ball."There are some solid negotiations going on with different parties [bidding for the refinery]," he said.PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrator of Petroplus's U.K. subsidiaries, wasn't immediately available to comment.Steven Pearson, a joint administrator and partner at PWC, said earlier this month that closure of the facility remained one of the options--along with selling, refinancing or restructuring.Coryton, the only one out of five Petroplus refineries that continued operating after the company lost access to all its credit lines and then filed for insolvency in January, employs around 850 people.Copyright © 2012 D...BP PLC (BP.LN) may continue to supply crude to Petroplus Holdings AG's (PPHN.EB) beleaguered Coryton refinery in southeastern England, Chief Executive Bob Dudley sai...
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There is still no confirmed deal for Petroplus Holdings AG's (PPHN.EB) Coryton refinery in England although a tolling agreement keeping the facility running after Pe...
French Energy Minister Eric Besson said Wednesday talks are underway with Swiss privately held Klesch Group and other potential buyers for the acquisition of a Frenc...
French Energy Minister Eric Besson Friday said banks had agreed with insolvent Swiss-based refiner Petroplus Holdings AG (PPHN.EB) to transfer cash and fuel to the c...
The administrator of Petroplus Holdings AG's (PPHN.EB) U.K. subsidiaries aims to reach a deal to sell the Coryton refinery in England within 30 days, a joint adminis...
The administrator of Petroplus Holdings AG's (PPHN.EB) U.K. subsidiaries aims to reach a deal to sell the Coryton refinery in England within 30 days, a joint adminis...
Bids from serious parties for the Petroplus Holdings AG's (PPHN.EB) Coryton refinery in England are expected to be submitted by April 2, the deadline set by Pricewat...
A fall in output at Petroplus Holdings AG's (PPHN.EB) Coryton refinery in southeast England has led to a 5% increase in sales volume at a large U.K. independent impo...
