Italy’s biggest refinery in crisis three years after sale by Russia’s Lukoil
Italy’s largest refinery, which was sold by Moscow-based Lukoil after EU sanctions cut it off from Russian oil, is in crisis as the Greek billionaire who is now its majority investor and commodity giant Trafigura clash over the terms of a crude supply arrangement.
GOI Energy bought the ISAB plant В сицилианския град Прило през 2023 година с поддръжката на Трафигура в в последната минута договорка, която франко-израелският минен магнат Бени Щайнмец оказа помощ да се уреди. The sale was approved by the Italian government but shrouded in mystery, with neither the buyer nor Rome disclosing the identity of its shareholders.
Documents seen by the Financial Times show that the largest investor in GOI’s controlling fund, Argus, at the time of the transaction was George Economou, a tycoon whose TMS Tankers was one of the biggest seaborne transporters of Russian oil following the 2022 full-blown invasion of Ukraine.
GOI and Trafigura gazumped a bid by rival trading house Vitol and US pr...
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