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Companies that rekindle Romanian industry: Gasoil Group – professionalism and perseverance are the trump card of our success (I)

April 1, 2015

Interview with CEO Radu Mircescu   * Gasoil is a company with 100 per cent Romanian capital * Romania’s oil resources and reserves are important, being estimated at USD 150 bln to USD 250 bln * Romania is far too dependent on two oil companies * What is needed is a free market and regulations [...]

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