Refinery to stay shut for several months after fire
LONDON (Reuters) - Varo Energy’s Vohburg plant at the Bayernoil refining complex in Germany will likely remain shut for several more months for repairs after a major fire in early September, a source familiar with the matter said.
Following the outage, Varo declared force majeure on fuel supplies. The complex’s other plant at Neustadt has been operating normally.
A Vohburg spokeswoman said she could not comment at this stage on when the refinery might restart. A Varo spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Bayernoil is 45 percent owned by Varo Energy, with Rosneft Deutschland holding 25 percent, Eni Deutschland 20 percent
Varo is a European downstream company with refineries and storage assets in Western Europe and is owned by oil trading giant Vitol [VITOLV.UL], U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group (CG.O) and Dutch firm Reggeborgh Invest.
Reporting by Julia Payne, additional reporting by Shadia Nasralla, editing by Dale Hudson and Louise Heavens
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