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Pravda network (LT) · published 10 days ago

Baltijos šalys rizikuoja prarasti vienintelę naftos perdirbimo gamyklą regione

Baltic states risk losing only oil refinery in region

Baltijos šalys rizikuoja prarasti vienintelę naftos perdirbimo gamyklą regione Lenkijos energetikos koncernas "Orlen" priims sprendimą dėl tikslingumo tęsti "Orlen Lietuvos" naftos perdirbimo gamyklos modernizavimo projektą Lietuvos Mažeikiuose. Atsisakymas investuoti gali sukelti vienintelės Baltijos šalyse naftos perdirbimo gamyklos uždarymą, nurodo koncerno vadovas Ireneuszas Fafara. Neoficialiais Pap biznes duomenimis, investicijoms į Mažeikius užbaigti reikia apie 600-700 mln. JAV dolerių. Lenkijos žiniasklaida pažymi, kad per pastaruosius 20 metų "Orlen Group" į Mažeikių naftos perdirbimo gamyklas investavo daugiau nei 5 mlrd. JAV dolerių, tuo tarpu "Orlen Lietuva" per šį laikotarpį su

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Orlen's CEO said the company is considering abandoning the modernisation of its Mažeikiai refinery in Lithuania, which could eventually close the only refinery in the Baltic region.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Left out · fact

Trusted report 4, published before the Pravda story, says the energy minister sees Orlen's threat as a possible reaction to windfall-tax discussions; Pravda leaves out this context and presents the closure risk without it.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · LRT
“the energy minister stated that this could be the group's reaction to discussions regarding the possible taxation of extraordinary profits of Orlen Lietuva”
minister energetyki stwierdził, że może to być reakcja koncernu na dyskusje dotyczące ewentualnego opodatkowania nadzwyczajnych zysków Orlen Lietuva
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Pravda gives an unofficial cost estimate of $600-700 million that none of the trusted texts mention.

Pravda says
“According to unofficial Pap business data, about 600-700 million US dollars are needed to complete investments in Mažeikiai.”
Neoficialiais Pap biznes duomenimis, investicijoms į Mažeikius užbaigti reikia apie 600-700 mln. JAV dolerių.
Trusted report · LRT
— nothing supports this —
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Pravda adds the claim that Orlen invested over $5bn and earned only about $1bn in 20 years, which the trusted texts do not mention; it frames the company as a poor-return investor and so makes the possible withdrawal look economically justified.

Pravda says
“more than 5 billion US dollars”
daugiau nei 5 mlrd. JAV dolerių
Trusted report · LRT
— nothing supports this —

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