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“The situation is difficult to predict, but I think that the prices have reached close to the maximum. In order for gasoline to be permanently above 3 BGN, oil must reach the level of 100 dollars,” said Vencislav Pengezov, who owns a gas station in the air of Nova television.
The people’s representatives decided to import Russian oil for another year, and to gradually reduce its use. “The deadline announced for one year is too long. Technically, in three to four months, the refinery should be able to reconfigure its columns for the processing of another oil, since there are at least a few more producers that have the characteristics of the currently processed during this period of time,” explained Pengezov.
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“You have the risk of a shortage of oil and queues at gas stations with a deadline of one month for the reconfiguration of the refinery announced until yesterday, but given that by law stocks should be kept for three months, the risk, in my opinion, was very small.” he also said.
