According to the Antimonopoly Service head Igor Artemyev, warnings were eight companies: TNK-BP, "Lukoil", "Rosneft", "Gazprom Neft", "Surgutneftegaz", "Alliance", "Bashneft" and "Tatneft". According to him, the management is in no hurry to adjust prices downward, when the price of oil on the world market is falling, but instantly change all the price tags, when the world price was creeping up. "We focus on companies that the uptrend in oil prices was unsustainable, and even price declines. We have warned the company that if the price tags will not be in touch down, it will be filed new antitrust cases" - said the head of the agency.
According to Deputy Head of FAS Anatoly Golomolzin, the basic claims are shown to wholesale prices for fuel. Retail gasoline prices at the pump is known to vary from them. Since March, the wholesale price of petrol AI-92 rose by 24%, while oil (Urals quotes as of June 28) is 13.8% lower than in April, writes portal "Auto News". Fuel sales in light of the steady rise in prices Golomolzin calls "unjustified" profitable, stressing that the potential for lower prices for petroleum products there.
However, management believes the oil companies established prices are quite reasonable. According to representatives in determining wholesale prices for fuel companies are guided by the purchase price of oil on the domestic market and to act is now prohibitive duties on exports of petroleum products.
FAS requires the company to bring fuel prices "in line with market conditions" to the beginning of July.
