Prosecutors also announced the refinery’s accounts, frozen on October 2, have been partially unlocked to allow the company to pay salaries and taxes and fund its current activities.
Authorities also lifted the impound on 17,618 tons of crude oil the refinery had in storage owned by state company Oil Terminal in Constanta but impounded 23,817 other tons of crude, worth $16 million, also in custody of Oil Terminal.
Investigators raided the Russian-held Lukoil’s offices in Ploiesti last week on suspicions of defrauding the state of EUR230 million through tax evasion and money laundering.