DUSHANBE, August 23 Asia-Plus — Russia’s open joint-stock company (OJSC) Gazprom Neft intends to create a chain of refuel stations in Tajikistan, Asia-Plus has learned at Gazprom Neft press service in Moscow.
In June 2007, OJSC Gazprom Neft founded a selling enterprise in Tajikistan – limited liability company Gazprom Neft-Tajikistan.
“This company will deal with selling oil products in Tajikistan and in the future, it will be engaged in constructing a chain of refuel station across the country,” said the source at the Gazprom Neft press service, “Gazprom Neft-Tajikistan now rents four oil reservoirs for realizing products of the Omsk oil refinery – gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, and fuel oil.”
Gazprom Neft has registered a similar enterprise in Kazakhstan as well. According to the source, selection of region for launching enterprises is conditioned by proximity of Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to the Omsk oil refinery as well as rapid development of oil-product markets in these territories.
The source noted that 100 percent of authorized capital stocks of these enterprises belong to Gazprom Neft’s subsidiary – limited liability company Gazprom Neft-Asia, registered in Kyrgyzstan.
