“Rompetrol eyes to consolidate and expand its presence in the Black Sea area in the short run and the group’s platform in countries such as the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine will ensure just that,” said Titov Buzescu, retail vice-president of The Rompetrol Group.
Dutch-registered Rompetrol opened its first Georgian gas station in 2005. The group’s sales in the country reached around $200 million in 2011, a figure that could be matched in 2012 as well, according to Rompetrol estimations.
Rompetrol sold 150,000 tons of fuels in Georgia last year, 7.5% higher from 2010.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Rompetrol runs operations in 12 countries and has its main assets in Romania, France and Spain. The group is fully owned by Kazakh state-run oil and gas company KazMunayGas.