The approaching a decision on what to do with local units and Russian oil from Rosneft oil company occupied by the government two years ago after Moscow invaded Ukraine. The future of the assets will soon be determined, he told reporters yesterday (8.7.2024) a government official who knows the issue. The state-controlled Russian energy giant agreed with Germany earlier this year to try to find a buyer for its local subsidiaries, but the relevant deadline expires in two months. Two to three interested parties have started to sound a potential investment. Discussions on a possible purchase of Rosneft Deutschland and RN Refining & Marketing GmbH have already taken place in Berlin, Bloomberg reportedly, asking not to be named because the issue is private. Representatives of the German Economy Ministry and Rosneft Deutschland refused to comment. In September 2022, at the peak of the energy crisis, Germany placed Rosneft’s local units under temporary commissions, which has since been extended three times. The deal closed in March allowed the company to find its own buyers for the units, while avoiding statehood. This option has not left the table, with parts of Chancellor Olaf Salts’ tripartisan coalition supporting such a move. Rosneft units have shares in three refineries in Germany, including PCK Raffinerie in Schwedt near Berlin, which was cut off from supplies of Russian argon two years ago. German Deputy Economy Minister Michael Kellner told reporters that the PCK refinery will not come under Russian control again. It did not specify how much Rosneft’s negotiations with interested parties have progressed or whether it would prefer a Polish buyer for the shares. “It is important for me to create a structure of property, so that we have the refinery on a safe basis in the long term,” Kellner said.