Dec 17 (Reuters) - MOL Nyrt MOLB.BU says in a statement on its official website:

• MOL GROUP EXPECTS REPARATION WORKS TO BE FINISHED AND ITS DANUBE REFINERY TO RETURN TO FULL CAPACITY IN Q3 2026

• MOL GROUP SAYS IN ORDER TO MITIGATE PRODUCTION LOST AT DANUBE REFINERY IT HAS INCREASED THE PROCESSING OF SEMI-FINISHED FEEDSTOCK

• EXPECTS PRODUCTION LOSS AROUND 30% ON AVERAGE AT DANUBE REFINERY DUE TO RECENT FIRE INCIDENT

• WILL INTENSIFY TRANSFER OF PRODUCTS FROM ITS BRATISLAVA REFINERY AND WILL INCREASE THIRD PARTY IMPORTS FROM THE REGION

• BASED ON INITIAL ASSESSMENT THE FIRE AT ITS DANUBE REFINERY IN OCTOBER 2025 WAS CAUSED BY EQUIPMENT FAILURE AND A RESULTING PUMP RUPTURE

• MOL SAYS GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WILFUL MISCONDUCT OR OTHER EXTERNAL IMPACT CAN BE EXCLUDED AS POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSES

Source text: [ID:https://molgroup.info/en/investor-relations/investor-news/mol-foresees-reparation-works-in-danube-refinery-to-be-finished-in-q3-2026]

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(Reporting by Krisztina Than)

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