“The largest gas station network of the Privat group, which includes the Avias and ANP brands, has almost run out of gasoline due to a lack of funds to settle with fuel suppliers.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
The largest gas station network of the Privat group, which includes the Avias and ANP brands, has almost run out of gasoline due to a lack of funds to settle with fuel suppliers. Serhii Kuyun, director of the A-95 consulting group, expressed this opinion. The problems at the gas station owned by Kolomoisky began in 2022, when the state nationalized the semi-state Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta, which were partially under the control of Privat, and Ihor Kolomoisky was behind bars. Kuyun notes that from that moment the network began to “literally pour down”. “Currently, the network includes about 550 gas stations, many of which are closed. The mobile application currently contains 430 addresses. The market share in sales is 5%,” said the director of A-95. Advertising: According to Kuyun, the gas stations of the “Privat” group were not a source of income for the group, instead they performed the function of “ATMs” for earning from “Ukrnafta” and “Ukrtatnafta”. The first blow fell on the shops at the gas station, which, according to Kuyun, “were emptied almost immediately (after nationalization – EP).” Already in 2024, signals began to arrive about delays in staff salaries and reductions in regional managers’ salaries. In 2024, according to Serhiy Kuyun, there were also reports of a lack of funds for settlement with fuel suppliers, and in October of last year, fuel began to disappear from gas stations. “At the beginning of January, diesel completely disappeared, today A-92 gasoline is available at 28% of the operator’s stations, A-95 — at 12%, liquefied gas — at 5%. Sales through the application have been stopped,” Kuyun said. Advertising: Director A-95 noted that the oil management of “Privat” had attempts to restart the business: “There were talks about involving external managers, about transferring part or all of the network to management. There were also proposals to sell part of the stations from the market, but nothing took off.” He also expressed the opinion that if the assets of “Privat” gas stations are distributed, then the group as a player in the gas station market can be forgotten. Read also: Who and for what bought 245 former gas stations of Kolomoiskyi? Interview with the owner of the auction-winning company We will remind: In September 2024, Privatbank sold 245 gas stations and 33 land plots controlled by Kolomoisky for almost 696 million hryvnias.