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Prime Minister Says Government Will Not Bail Out Struggling PetroPeru

PERU
  • According to Prime Minister Otarola on Sunday, Peru’s government will not bail out struggling state-owned oil company Petroleos del Peru SA, following its request for a $2 billion rescue package. “We will not inject the requested cash for a simple reason, because we don’t have the funds to do so,” Otarola said in an interview on news channel Latina. “We think there are other priorities.”
  • The remarks will add to the financial woes of PetroPeru, which has been warning about its dwindling cash position for months. The company is mired in debt tied to the construction of a $6 billion refinery that opened late last year.
  • - “We can’t fall into the other extreme either and say that Petroperu should go bankrupt,” Otarola said, without elaborating on how the company will continue operating if it runs out of cash. - BBG

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