OREANDA-NEWS. August 08, 2008. The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the Komi Republic (OFAS Russia) initiated a case against "LUKOIL Oil Company" OJSC and its subsidiaries -"LUKOIL-Ukhtaneftepererabotka" Ltd. and "LUKOIL-AERO" Ltd. for fixing monopolistically high wholesale prices for aviation kerosene, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia. 

Such reaction of the antimonopoly body was in follow-up of a comprehensive inspection of the level of prices for aviation fuel. Komi OFAS Russia established that "LUKOIL" business units, which are wholesale suppliers of fuel for aircrafts and helicopters in all airports in the Komi Republic, had been fixing monopolistically high prices for aviation kerosene.

Komi OFAS Russia will process the case against "LUKOIL Oil Company" OJSC, "LUKOIL-Ukhtaneftepererabotka" Ltd. and "LUKOIL-AERO" Ltd. at the end of August 2008.