March 26 (SeeNews) - ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3, which operates Bulgaria's thermal power plant (TPP) Maritsa Iztok 3, said that it has signed a 4.3 million levs ($2.5 million/2.2 million euro) deal with local fuel trader Sallina 7 for supply of heavy fuel oil.
The deal was signed on February 27, ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 said in a notice on Monday.
Two companies submitted offers in the public procurement procedure for awarding the contract.
The 908 MW TPP Maritza Iztok 3 is 73%-owned by ContourGlobal, with Bulgarian state-owned National Electricity Company holding the remaining 27% stake.
Sallina is fully owned by local private investor Violeta Karasinkerova-Dimitrova, according to commercial register data. The company ended 2017 with a net profit of 4.4 million levs on the back of 170.4 million levs of revenue, its latest available annual financial statement shows.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)