Judicial sources told MEDIAFAX that KazMunaiGaz International, OilField Business Solutions and SC Rompetrol Rafinare are civilly liable parties in this new case and their representatives were summoned for hearings.
The case was split from another case involving oil company Rompetrol, which was sent to court in 2006.
In 2014, Bucharest Court of Appeals passed a definitive ruling sentencing senator Sorin Rosca Stanescu and former communications minister Sorin Pantis to prison for their roles in a stock market manipulation case involving Rompetrol.
In the case of former Rompetrol owner Dinu Patriciu, the court ordered the halt of criminal and civil trials following his death.
In April, China Energy Company Limited took over 51% in KMG International NV – the majority shareholder of Rompetrol Rafinare.