Royal Dutch/Shell puts in bid for stake in Czech Unipetrol

World number one oil and gas group, Royal Dutch/Shell is one of seven companies that have put in a preliminary bid for a 63% stake in Czech oil company Unipetrol, a Shell spokesperson said.

The Group, a unique joint venture between Royal Dutch Petroleum and "Shell" Transport and Trading, generates sales mainly from oil products, and also makes chemicals, transports natural gas, trades gas and electricity, and develops renewable energy sources.